The Non-Democratic Republic of Verderiesdre is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Maria with an iron fist, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 11.7 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 98.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Verderian economy, worth a remarkable 3,224 trillion Sherlings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 275,613 Sherlings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high, administrative districts are increasingly defined by their taste in housing architecture, citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, and search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country. 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 200,837^th in the world and 3,410^th in The North Pacific for Most Authoritarian, with 593.48 milliStalins.