The Democratic People's Republic of Duga is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Arthur Franklin with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, anti-smoking policies, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.863 billion Dugans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Folkham. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Dugan economy, worth a remarkable 2,068 trillion Euros 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an amazing 233,371 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers, science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, it is not politically correct to suspect that a serially convicted burglar might steal again, and calls to prayer are the newest dog whistles. Crime is totally unknown. Duga's national animal is the Honeybee, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Duga is ranked 982^nd in the world and 22^nd in Europe for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 15,790.42 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.