The People's Republic of Dernemonistan is a mammoth, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and punitive income tax rates. The devout population of 8.736 billion Dernemonistanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 51.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Dernemonistanian economy, worth 247 trillion danars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 28,369 danars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dernemonistan's national animal is the eagle.

Dernemonistan is ranked 84,991^st in the world and 6^th in Regionistan for Most Cultured, scoring 67 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.