The Monorarchist Confederation of The Culinary State of Half-Jordi is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Monarch Mimtislav ŽakoviÄ with an iron fist, and renowned for its digital currency, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.193 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 Administration. 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 98.2 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 35,331^st in the world and 643^rd in the South Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,663.06 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.