The People's Republic of Daoine is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.422 billion Daoineans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 52.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Daoinean economy, worth 161 trillion Trees a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 17,123 Trees, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Black tea is only available on the black market, seasonal hay-fever sufferers are attending government drug counselling sessions to get free doughnuts, skateboarding is punishable by heavy fines, and concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Daoine's national animal is the Squirrel 🐿, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Daoine is ranked 102,879^th in the world and 58^th in Iris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.54 law-abiding acts per hour.