The Monolithic Holy Empire of Verdunam is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by The Divine Joeyus Caesar with an iron fist, and renowned for its avant-garde cinema, ban on automobiles, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 14.846 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pelum. The average income tax rate is 92.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Verduniam economy, worth a remarkable 3,374 trillion Gold Hetzrems a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 227,269 Gold Hetzrems, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

A new guerrilla marketing campaign for tap water involves government agents spraying random citizens with hose water, citizens try to ignore gruesome pictures of decaying teeth printed on their soda cans, Verdunam has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, and disputed territories across The North Pacific are being claimed by Verduniam college students. 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 9,327^th in the world and 373^rd in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 11,547.48 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.