The Nomadic Peoples of DanTheCan is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, ubiquitous missile silos, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.282 billion DanTheCanians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 59.5%.

The frighteningly efficient DanTheCanian economy, worth 629 trillion Pounds a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 146,817 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

The annual government yacht trip is sponsored by criminal syndicates, aggravated apostrophe abusers are admonished and assaulted, many in DanTheCan are born in the purple, and the explosive fireball of the disintegrating space shuttle has devastated Cape DanTheCan. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. DanTheCan's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

DanTheCan is ranked 2,825^th in the world and 6^th in The Rubber Room for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 8,544.79 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.