The Empire of Wilkonia and Baja, commonly referred to as Wilkonia, is a constitutional monarchy comprising the second most southern nation of the Messamerican continent. It is located just to the north of the Incorporated Republic of Tonkin and to the south of the Shinra Republic. It is the host nation for the principal launch facilities of the MESS Space Agency as well as housing the principal offices and lab facilities of BIOCOM. The nation itself is a conglomeration of eight smaller nations and two empires that was formally organied by the Acts of Union in 1496 by what was then the Kingdom of Wilkonia and the Empire of Baja. Today it is the fifth largest nation in terms of land mass and the seventh in terms of population.