The Monolithic Holy Empire of Verdunam is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Divine Joeyus Caesar with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, ubiquitous missile silos, and aversion to nipples. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.984 billion Verduniams are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Education, and Law & Order also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pelum. The average income tax rate is 97.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Verduniam economy, worth a remarkable 1,655 trillion Gold Hetzrems 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, 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 an amazing 237,062 Gold Hetzrems, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government sends submarines to retrieve bodies from shipwrecked submarines, sailors spend their shore leave helping old ladies cross the street, putting a mustache on a banknote is considered defacing a national monument, and light entertainment shows are light on actual entertainment. 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 soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Imperial Cult.

Verdunam is ranked 13,550^th in the world and 694^th in The North Pacific for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 5,967.05 on the Hickory Productivity Index.