Location: Asia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Grand Duchy of The Derrak Quadrant is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Demerzel with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 20.111 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Religion & Spirituality, Education, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sartinaynian. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Book Publishing and Retail.

The government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor, the government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists, bizarre-looking creatures called 'Eagledogs' dominate wildlife preserves, and The Derrak Quadrant is increasingly belligerent on the international stage. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is pervasive. The Derrak Quadrant's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Catholicism, and its currency is the Quadrant.

The Derrak Quadrant is ranked 36th in Asia and 53,828th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -12 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and