The Monorarchist Confederation of The Culinary State of Half-Jordi is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Monarch Mimtislav ŽakoviÄ with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, complete lack of prisons, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.181 billion Culinary State of Half-Jordians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Great City of Derian. The average income tax rate is 48.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Culinary State of Half-Jordian economy, worth 100 trillion Markovskiy bitcons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 84,936 Markovskiy bitcons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has cut its subsidies for all special interest groups, Monarch Mimtislav ŽakoviÄ is famed for giving great back rubs, the government is seen to favor traditionalist religions, and criminals are thrown to the Cats to repay their debt to society. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Culinary State of Half-Jordi's national animal is the Cat and its national religion is Chryslamb.

The Culinary State of Half-Jordi is ranked 31,458^th in the world and 768^th in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 52.44 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.