The Confederacy of Darendan is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, public floggings, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.74 billion Darendanians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Harris. The average income tax rate is 9.4%.

The strong Darendanian economy, worth 140 trillion Deoughs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 80,508 Deoughs, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

The military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks", most citizens in Darendan are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government, gambling is outlawed, and justice is blinding. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Darendan's national animal is the Bison, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Darendan is ranked 233,806^th in the world and 2^nd in Coalition of Federalist States for Largest Black Market, with 220 billion Standard Monetary Units.