The Republic of Dithmeyerstan is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working population of 8 million Dithmeyerstanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 14.4%.

The Dithmeyerstanian economy, worth 487 billion Diths a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Trout Farming. Average income is 60,982 Diths, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population, economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year, the 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event, and matryoshka dolls resembling nested Death Stars are commonly sold. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Dithmeyerstan's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Dithmeyerstan is ranked 86,317^th in the world and 1,026^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 110.91 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.