The Federal Republic of Draerr is a tiny, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 8 million Drakhs enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 54.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fragile Draerrian economy, worth 175 billion Drakh euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Cheese Exports, Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 21,906 Drakh euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Being forced to eat imitation crab has made meat-loving Drakhs crabby, children's bedrooms are often decorated with posters of successful accountants, old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, and prison visits increase substantially during election years. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Draerr's national animal is the dodo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Draerr is ranked 310,797^th in the world and 183^rd in Britannia for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 9,901.81 Standard Monetary Units.