The Western Protectorate of Dalimbar is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Protector General Mazrim Rahl with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 29.336 billion Dalimbari are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Andreisberg. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.6%.

The powerhouse Dalimbari economy, worth a remarkable 2,013 trillion Dali's patiences 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 large, well-organized, extremely specialized black market in Information Technology and Cheese Exports. 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 68,647 Dali's patiences, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 199,673 per year while the poor average 18,670, a ratio of 10.7 to 1.

Imprisonment is the leading cause of disownment, children are often punished for the sins of the fathers, at the edge of the final frontier space's biggest missile platform is about to unfold, and the nation's most popular sport is sabotaging foreigners' hopes and dreams. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dalimbar's national animal is the Libreagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Dalism.

Dalimbar is ranked 25,750^th in the world and 682^nd in the West Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 191.47 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.