The Monorarchist Confederation of The Culinary State of Half-Jordi is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Monarch Mimtislav ŽakoviÄ with an iron fist, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ubiquitous missile silos, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.2 billion Culinary State of Half-Jordians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Great City of Derian. The average income tax rate is 50.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Culinary State of Half-Jordian economy, worth 98.8 trillion Markovskiy bitcons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 82,351 Markovskiy bitcons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has enacted freedom of information, Cat sanctuaries have been taken over by hydraulic fracturing sites, citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over The Culinary State of Half-Jordi, and government officials go door-to-door educating about the dangers of pseudoscience. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Culinary State of Half-Jordi's national animal is the Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Chryslamb.

The Culinary State of Half-Jordi is ranked 39,962^nd in the world and 904^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 177.82 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.