The Dictatorship of Shuddera is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Vasili Valado with an iron fist, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 39.832 billion Shudderans 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, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, with Healthcare, Defense, and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Naumeria. The average income tax rate is 93.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Shudderan economy, worth a remarkable 8,363 trillion multa dollars 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 black market in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 209,961 multa dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government byline is that a media campaign a day keeps international criticism at bay, outdoor parties in Naumeria are all the rave, citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm, and women complaining about lack of opportunity are told to "man up". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shuddera's national animal is the shudderan sloth, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Way of Vasili Valado.

Shuddera is ranked 6,151^st in the world and 78^th in the Rejected Realms for Highest Poor Incomes, with 152,509.39 Standard Monetary Units.