The United States of Duravia is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Johannes Koskinen with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, compulsory military service, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, cheerful population of 4.843 billion Duravians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Durapolis. The average income tax rate is 95.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Duravian economy, worth 637 trillion Duravian dollars 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 131,570 Duravian dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It turns out that trees grow on Duravian dollars, the roads are notorious throughout the region for their peril, anyone with an emergency on a holy day is advised to pray harder, and entomologists flock to Durapolis for its remarkable gadfly population. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Duravia's national animal is the bald eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Social democracy.

Duravia is ranked 9,243^rd in the world and 22^nd in Nordic Lands for Most Developed, scoring 91.22 on the Human Development Index.