The Republic of Centia Deran is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Swagmaster with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 7.912 billion Centia Deranians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Circle City. The average income tax rate is 80.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Centia Deranian economy, worth a remarkable 1,172 trillion Zipcoins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 148,183 Zipcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, it's illegal to be caught on tape, grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, and the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Centia Deran's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Centia Deran is ranked 8,302^nd in the world and 194^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 447.16 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.