The Free Land of D B Cooper is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Dan B Cooper with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 7.229 billion D B Cooperians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Northwest Orient. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.1%.

The strong D B Cooperian economy, worth 490 trillion Ransoms a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 67,789 Ransoms, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 456,116 per year while the poor average 3,758, a ratio of 121 to 1.

Third world countries are rich in "I Love Northwest Orient" t-shirts, takeaway food bought on the weekend now comes with fifty percent more sweat and tears, the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, and loudmouthed journalists are given the chop. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. D B Cooper's national animal is the Night Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Extortion.

D B Cooper is ranked 107,844^th in the world and 9^th in The Embassy 1 for Largest Populations, with 7.23 billion capita.