The Parliamentary Republic of Dankstergrad is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Shay Castava with an even hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, parental licensing program, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 19.147 billion Danksterians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Savannah. The average income tax rate is 84.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Danksterian economy, worth a remarkable 2,281 trillion Gradios a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,157 Gradios, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, handling people's data is proving an immersive experience, and a popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dankstergrad's national animal is the Red Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Church of All Worlds.

Dankstergrad is ranked 206,339^th in the world and 11,158^th in Balder for Largest Black Market, with 422 billion Standard Monetary Units.