The Modern Portfolio Theory of Daedra1a is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by HIM Opulentus I with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, infamous sell-swords, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 37.995 billion Daedra1ans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, with Defense, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Opulentia. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Daedra1an economy, worth an astonishing 37,848 trillion Expected Returns a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 996,143 Expected Returns, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 9,292,607 per year while the poor average 9,441, a ratio of 984 to 1.

Video evidence of cruel animal experiments tends to be of poor quality, human pie shops continue to receive shipments of meat from Spleeny Rodd's, the Violet Mile now refers to the long line-ups that former death row inmates wait in as they transfer to maximum security prisons, and surfers ride tsunamis of record height and toxicity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Daedra1a's national animal is the Risk-free Assets, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Efficient Frontier.

Daedra1a is ranked 1,418^th in the world and 1^st in Daedra1a Zombie Fort for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 16,255.82 on the Gilded Widget Scale.