The Republic of Dereistic is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.509 billion Dereisticians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Environment, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hockley. The average income tax rate is 92.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Dereistician economy, worth 644 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 143,045 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The people elect the Supreme Court justices directly, the government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, the Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", and graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation'. Crime is totally unknown. Dereistic's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Dereistic is ranked 1,271^st in the world and 49^th in the South Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 96.93 Percentage Of Bribes Refused.