The Holy Empire of Gerdurberland is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.898 billion Gerdurberlandians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 31.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Gerdurberlandian economy, worth 180 trillion childrens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 94,838 childrens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Banana distribution among collective farm workers is an important topic in public discourse, trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews, right-wingers complain that too many people are suckling at the welfare teat, and the GBI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gerdurberland's national animal is the your mom, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Gerdurberland is ranked 74,778^th in the world and 4,075^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 69.33 law-abiding acts per hour.