The Aeternum Hegemony of Socialist States of Ludistan is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Isaac de Lombardo with an iron fist, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, pith helmet sales, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.748 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 4,868 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 556,511 Romaweirs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, scaffolding is built around scaffolding to give safe access, political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Isaac de Lombardo's throne, and the government is attempting to revitalize a gutted private sector. 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 287,764^th in the world and 139^th in Institute of Cellulose for Safest, scoring 4.79 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.