The Colony of Lower Delta is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 516 million Sanerpians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order, Public Transport, and Education also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.8%.

The thriving Sanerpian-Deltan economy, worth 33.2 trillion Sanerpian Dinars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 64,318 Sanerpian Dinars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 227,666 per year while the poor average 13,119, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Lower Delta's national animal is the Beaver, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Lower Delta is ranked 264,735^th in the world and 33^rd in The Embassy for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -3.16 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.