The Modern Portfolio Theory of Daedra1a is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by HIM Opulentus I with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, sprawling nuclear power plants, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 28.873 billion Daedra1ans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, with Defense and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Opulentia. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Daedra1an economy, worth an astonishing 25,409 trillion Expected Returns a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 880,050 Expected Returns, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,519,564 per year while the poor average 59,351, a ratio of 93.0 to 1.

Elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, costumed characters wearing Maxtopian Grass leaves remind citizens that the government now sells the green stuff, the Daedra1an Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances, and election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Daedra1a's national animal is the Risk-free Asset, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Efficient Frontier.

Daedra1a is ranked 43^rd in the world and 1^st in Lazarus for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 68,958.14 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.