The Non-Democratic Republic of Verderiesdre is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Maria with an iron fist, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 10.419 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 97.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Verderian economy, worth a remarkable 2,468 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 236,939 Sherlings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The blind lead the blind in social welfare, Maria spends weekends doing the laundry of foreign leaders, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, and online weather reports are predicting five years of glorious sunshine for Verderiesdre. 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 3,136^th in the world and 160^th in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2,979.87 pounds of wildlife per square mile.