The Modern Portfolio Theory of Daedra1a is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by HIM Opulentus I with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, flagrant waste-dumping, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 28.459 billion Daedra1ans 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, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, although Defense and Law & Order are also considered important, 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 24,903 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 875,057 Expected Returns, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 6,249,967 per year while the poor average 40,149, a ratio of 155 to 1.

Video evidence of cruel animal experiments tends to be of poor quality, it is mandatory to learn evolution in schools, children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines, and eerie glow-in-the-dark cornfields give farmlands an uncanny appearance. 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 25^th in the world and 2^nd in Lazarus for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 1,405.36 on the Bus Surprisal Index.