The Eastern Kingdom of Verbalia is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Richard Devuitz IV with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, complete lack of prisons, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.093 billion Perieratiæ 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, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marinsburg. The average income tax rate is 85.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Perieratides economy, worth a remarkable 1,468 trillion Margarita Putridas 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. 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 241,075 Margarita Putridas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

It's rare to find an unchewed pencil, the big red machine has ground to a halt, education is transforming people into first-rate snobs, and to 'cut off family ties' is no longer just a phrase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verbalia's national animal is the Aquila Topazium, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Morbus.

Verbalia is ranked 271,765^th in the world and 569^th in A Taco Paradise for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -9.49 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.