The Aileronial Republic of The DOA is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Gospodin Boris Aileron with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, devout population of 3.613 billion Descendiants are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aileron. The average income tax rate is 74.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Descendian economy, worth 370 trillion ADS a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 102,413 ADS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, construction workers evacuate work sites after finding sharp rocks on the ground, and the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The DOA's national animal is the Lutino Rosey Bourke, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Lateralism.

The DOA is ranked 290,121^st in the world and 93^rd in South Pacific for Most Secular, with 8.35 Atheism Rate.