The Non-Democratic Republic of Verderiesdre is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Maria with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, infamous sell-swords, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 10.407 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 97.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Verderian economy, worth a remarkable 2,462 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. Average income is an amazing 236,585 Sherlings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

T-shirts displaying a photo of Maria performing the Full-Monty are selling out, foreign workers are flooding in as Sherlings flood out, military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives, and mandatory updates on software drivers often bring life to a halt. 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 9,169^th in the world and 369^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 11,632.82 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.