The Aeternum Hegemony of Socialist States of Ludistan is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Isaac de Lombardo with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, sprawling nuclear power plants, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.765 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, moralistic, 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. Average income is a breathtaking 555,610 Romaweirs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Children grow up believing the sun to be a myth, truancy is as easy as clicking a camera icon, people are always able to look each other in the eye, and membership in Orthodox Kristic Church is mandatory and all other faith organisations are banned. 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 Orthodox Kristic Church.

Socialist States of Ludistan is ranked 713^th in the world and 1^st in Institute of Cellulose for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 20,417.55 on the Gilded Widget Scale.