The Monolithic Holy Empire of Verdunam is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by The Divine Joeyus Caesar with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, avowedly heterosexual populace, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.525 billion Verduniams are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pelum. The average income tax rate is 92.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Verduniam economy, worth a remarkable 3,890 trillion Gold Hetzrems a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 222,003 Gold Hetzrems, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government throws money at problems when in a jam, elderly tribespeople die in bed surrounded by loved ones and linguists, death is nobody's business, and street food vendors are accompanied by personal fleets of garbage trucks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verdunam's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Imperial Cult.

Verdunam is ranked 12,304^th in the world and 454^th in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 89.4 on the Human Development Index.