The Community of Dedication is a mammoth, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 6.247 billion Dedicationians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Consecration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.3%.

The very strong Dedicationian economy, worth 394 trillion Pound Sterlings a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is 63,163 Pound Sterlings, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 188,163 per year while the poor average 16,610, a ratio of 11.3 to 1.

Taking hostages is a great way to influence government policy, farmers trade ploughshares for swords when military sortition puts them in charge of regiments, the Treasury Minister's valet handles the crass business of public money, and Dedication has designated Consecration as its capital city. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dedication's national animal is the Mastiff, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Dedication is ranked 283,103^rd in the world and 13^th in Port Elizabeth for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -31.62 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.