The Holy Empire of Durmengorod is a titanic, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 11.613 billion Durmengorodians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 42.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Durmengorodian economy, worth 387 trillion rubledollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 33,398 rubledollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The fattest folk in Durmengorod look to be the happiest ones, tourists flock to see the giant stone carvings of historical leaders at Mount Rushless, fruit pickers with degrees in cobra psychology are a common sight, and it's never "just a game" with Durmengorodian sports fans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Durmengorod's national animal is the cobra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Durmengorod is ranked 298,590^th in the world and 4,310^th in The catholic military orders for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -11.63 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.