The Almost there of Deadline is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Donny Deadline with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, smutty television, and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 25.948 billion Deadlineans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Deadline City. The average income tax rate is 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Deadlinean economy, worth a remarkable 1,888 trillion Lines 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, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. 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 72,794 Lines, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians are often found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, teachers regularly paddle unruly students, the state is footing the bill for billionaires' lawyers, and the nation has an international reputation for compassion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Deadline's national animal is the squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Deadline.

Deadline is ranked 159,107^th in the world and 2,085^th in eta for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,584.99 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.