The Republic of 4-Desoxymescaline is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its daily referendums, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 12.47 billion 4-Desoxymescalineans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 58.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse 4-Desoxymescalinean economy, worth 782 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 62,785 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The government seizes the property of the recently deceased, billions of dollars are spent to take high-quality photos of the Panther Nebula, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and blind students are at a disadvantage now that test papers printed in braille have been discontinued. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 4-Desoxymescaline's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

4-Desoxymescaline is ranked 92,865^th in the world and 597^th in Artificial Solar System for Lowest Crime Rates, with 66.79 law-abiding acts per hour.