The Grand Duchy of Delta Forks is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Duke Alex with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, complete lack of prisons, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 3.133 billion Deltans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Calis. The average income tax rate is 54.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Deltan economy, worth 434 trillion Krepsoes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 138,727 Krepsoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rolling boulders up hills is the national sport, temporarily-sober tourists forlornly watch pot-smoking dropouts hanging out in coffeeshops, a popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street", and the new coalition government is so large nobody knows where it begins. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Delta Forks's national animal is the bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Trigonal Lightoller.

Delta Forks is ranked 177,906^th in the world and 15^th in The Outskirts for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 117.61 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.