The State of Dera is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and complete lack of public education. The hard-working, cynical population of 20.572 billion Derans enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, liberal, well-organized government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Welfare is also considered important, while Spirituality and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.4%.

The thriving Deran economy, worth 667 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 32,466 betales, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Elections have been outlawed, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and Dera has designated District City as its capital city. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Dera's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Dera is ranked 268,446^th in the world and 4^th in Sachsen Anhalt for Lowest Crime Rates, with 38.66 law-abiding acts per hour.