The Republic of Perdition is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Legate Caroline Churchill with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, devout population of 9.122 billion Perditians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Damnation. The average income tax rate is 10.0%.

The strong Perditian economy, worth 560 trillion denaris a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 61,465 denaris, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Community organizers have given up going door to door because nobody is home, scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway, one of the most popular models in Perdition has a scarred face and one working eye, and political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Perdition's national animal is the horse, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Tellurism.

Perdition is ranked 267,739^th in the world and 53^rd in Underworld for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring zero on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.