The Non-Democratic Republic of Verderiesdre is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Maria with an iron fist, and remarkable for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 10.435 billion Verderians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berevesk. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Verderian economy, worth a remarkable 2,480 trillion Sherlings a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 237,710 Sherlings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Thomas the Spank Engine is the most popular and controversial children's show in the nation, residents of new housing subdivisions complain about the total absence of supermarkets and restaurants, pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, and schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verderiesdre's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Nothing.

Verderiesdre is ranked 10,308^th in the world and 197^th in The North Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 152.58 kickbacks per hour.