The VAST AIRE of Coverdnia is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by THE GENIUS with an iron fist, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 21.359 billion KILLA BEES 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of THE SLUMS OF SHAOLIN. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Coverdnian economy, worth an astonishing 14,685 trillion ALMIGHTY DOLLARS 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 a breathtaking 687,568 ALMIGHTY DOLLARS, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,383,332 per year while the poor average 144,811, a ratio of 16.5 to 1.

The government terminates employment with extreme prejudice, the police crack down on tax evaders without mercy, all work and no play has rendered the nation's children somewhat intelligent but also remarkably dull, and tourists visiting the nation are warned not to drink local tap water. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Coverdnia's national animal is the OL' DIRTY BASTARD, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is THE NATION OF GODS AND EARTHS.

Coverdnia is ranked 304,676^th in the world and 12,546^th in Osiris for Highest Disposable Incomes, with zero Standard Monetary Units.