The High Kingdom of Verdux is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by High King Aurelian Allen Verdux with an even hand, and notable for its enslaved workforce, free-roaming dinosaurs, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, devout population of 910 million Verduxians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Patenolen. The average income tax rate is 66.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Verduxian economy, worth 109 trillion Verds 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 a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. 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 impressive 120,829 Verds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Creative compliance measures ensure that high-ranking officials live in luxury while the country's coffers collect cobwebs, residents of houses built on a foundation of wishful thinking are prone to an odd sinking feeling, a typical peasant's life cycle leads from birth to the gallows, and the only science is political science. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verdux's national animal is the Seagull, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Verdux is ranked 251,319^th in the world and 68^th in Eladria for Largest Populations, with 910 million capita.