The Hyena Sultanate of The Democratic Ethiopian Empire is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Dagedar the hyena with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 11.995 billion Democratic Ethiopian Empireans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda, while International Aid and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Abadus City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.0%.

The powerhouse Democratic Ethiopian Empirean economy, worth 977 trillion Sandgrains a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 81,513 Sandgrains, with the richest citizens earning 8.1 times as much as the poorest.

Lion-reed-vulture-hand-reed-mouth is how Dagedar the hyena is spelt now, inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, major internet servers have acquired citizenship, and board shorts have replaced board rooms. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Democratic Ethiopian Empire's national animal is the Hyena, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Hyenaism.

The Democratic Ethiopian Empire is ranked 11,830^th in the world and 9^th in The Galactic Empire of Britain for Lowest Crime Rates, with 53.21 law-abiding acts per hour.