The Despotic Dictatorship of Despoticania is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Despot with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, vat-grown people, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 32.287 billion Despoticanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Despoticania Prime. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Despoticanian economy, worth an astonishing 34,787 trillion Despollars 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Basket Weaving. 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 a breathtaking 1,077,447 Despollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation leads The Alliance of Dictators in per capita stalking, rumour has it The Despot needs a calculator to multiply ten by ten, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and wrongful arrests abound as 'criminals' blame the guy next to them. Crime is totally unknown. Despoticania's national animal is the Winged Unicorn Pig, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Church of Transcendental Hatred.

Despoticania is ranked 2^nd in the world and 1^st in The Alliance of Dictators for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 46,210.64 on the Hickory Productivity Index.