The Durmengradian Colony of Durmanistan is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.371 billion Durmanistanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 40.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Durmanistanian economy, worth 24.3 trillion rubledollars 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, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Tourism, Woodchip Exports, 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 10,248 rubledollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Durmanistan's national animal is the hawk.

Durmanistan is ranked 274,241^st in the world and 1^st in st olaf for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -55.68 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.