The State of Danstery is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 26.498 billion Dansteryians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.8%.

The powerhouse Dansteryian economy, worth a remarkable 1,270 trillion betales a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 47,955 betales, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.

Government officials frequently cut taxes as a distraction from antics with their secretaries, citizens recently voted in favour of declaring bubblewrap an 'abomination of nature', the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and the roads are notorious throughout the region for their peril. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Danstery's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Danstery is ranked 126,216^th in the world and 6^th in Yamoussoukro for Most Primitive, scoring -38.99 on the Scary Big Number Scale.