The Social Republic of Drake River is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by John Smith with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 30.221 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, with Law & Order and Industry also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare aren't funded at all. 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 4,666 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 154,407 Australian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Time flies when you're not having fun, the aims of top-secret Drake Riverian science projects revolve around designing the perfect robot woman, convicts released after being found "wrongfully imprisoned" are surprisingly chill about the whole thing, and military recruitment numbers are down as citizens object on 'moral grounds'. 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 230,479^th in the world and 1^st in Free Association of Sovereign States for Most Politically Free, scoring 34.67 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.