The Social Republic of Drake River is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by John Smith with an even hand, and renowned for its strictly enforced bedtime, public floggings, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, devout population of 24.677 billion Drakonians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order is also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Drakensberg. The average income tax rate is 2.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Drake Riverian economy, worth a remarkable 3,797 trillion Australian Dollars 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing. 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 an impressive 153,871 Australian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Adulthood begins with the creation of an email account, the writing style of religious hymns often changes mid-stanza, "John Smith got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, and meetings involving club finances are frequently broken up by men in black suits. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Drake River's national animal is the Southern Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Protestantism.

Drake River is ranked 291,394^th in the world and 10,943^rd in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 19.68 law-abiding acts per hour.