The Republic of Da 13 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, enslaved workforce, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.408 billion Da 13ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.5%.

The strong Da 13ian economy, worth 104 trillion Yjchxties a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 74,249 Yjchxties, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 295,672 per year while the poor average 12,559, a ratio of 23.5 to 1.

The masses are surrendering their civil liberties without complaint for the sake of shopping convenience, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, travelers often bring empty plastic bottles on Air Da 13 flights to avoid the pay lavatories, and a serf by any other name works just as hard. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Da 13's national animal is the Me, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Da 13 is ranked 207,905^th in the world and 8,173^rd in Balder for Safest, scoring 35.58 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.