The Ludist Empire of Socialist States of Ludistan is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Isaac de Lombardo with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, vat-grown people, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.655 billion Ludists 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aventicum. The average income tax rate is 97.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Ludist economy, worth a remarkable 4,869 trillion Romaweirs a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is a breathtaking 562,629 Romaweirs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The sanitised and dull music festivals of Socialist States of Ludistan are famed for their reasonable volume levels, children are expected to carve their own toys, this year's hottest fashion trend is the Lese Majeste collection, and Widow Twankey complains about being "cancelled". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Socialist States of Ludistan's national animal is the wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Kristic Church.

Socialist States of Ludistan is ranked 2,424^th in the world and 8^th in Institute of Cellulose for Lowest Crime Rates, with 137.27 law-abiding acts per hour.