The Res Publica Romana of Desmosthenes and Burke is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Gaius Lucanus Aurelius with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 12.972 billion Burkeans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lutetia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.8%.

The powerhouse Burkean economy, worth a remarkable 1,591 trillion Denarii a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 122,690 Denarii, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

Human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine, ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, and women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Desmosthenes and Burke's national animal is the Grey Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Religio Romanum.

Desmosthenes and Burke is ranked 47,367^th in the world and 478^th in the West Pacific for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 4,958.56 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.