The Colony of Drastaia is a large, cultured nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, frequent executions, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 176 million Drastaians 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 66.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Drastaian economy, worth 4.68 trillion Data Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 26,566 Data Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, many Drastaians struggle to find outlets for their pent-up competitive juices, snooze factory is now prison lingo for rehabilitation center, and you need two tenors and a coloratura contralto to sing the national anthem properly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Drastaia's national animal is the Servant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Drastaia is ranked 118,090^th in the world and 7^th in Enowiden for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 661.7 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.