The Imperium of Valdrin is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Supreme Chancellor Azavorth with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program, ubiquitous missile silos, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.36 billion Valdrinians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.