The Republic of Dereistic is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its smutty television, unlimited-speed roads, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.639 billion Dereisticians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hockley. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Dereistician economy, worth a remarkable 1,596 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 184,808 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's an aura of pseudoscience around academia, it ain't easy to be green enough to be imported into Dereistic, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, and citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims. Crime is totally unknown. Dereistic's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Dereistic is ranked 266,541^st in the world and 12,346^th in the South Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 0.55 flags saluted per person per day.