The Loving Lethargy of Darudere is a mammoth, efficient nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 9.523 billion Darudereans 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 56.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Daruderean economy, worth 793 trillion francs a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,283 francs, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

Election ballot papers are so long that unused ones are recycled as toilet roll, people who eat pizza with lactase supplements are arrested by the flavour police, people are turning themselves into worm food, and copies of the constitution are used as toilet paper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Darudere's national animal is the emu, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Darudere is ranked 133,827^th in the world and 2^nd in the South Caribbean for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 79.85 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.