The Holy Red Domain of D-I-R-E is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Sir Crazy with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, devout population of 3.866 billion Direnians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of McMurdo. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.0%.

The strong Direnian economy, worth 288 trillion Taps a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,640 Taps, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

Piracy is the nation's most popular pastime, bands of paramedics walk the streets looking for suspicious medical activity, major archaeological findings are frequently bulldozed to make way for new buildings, and the poor are forced into bankruptcy by their energy bills. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. D-I-R-E's national animal is the Dire Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Hand of the Cold Lord.

D-I-R-E is ranked 65,924^th in the world and 12^th in Antarctica for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,341.38 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.