The Federation of Daste Seres is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its triple-decker prams, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.568 billion Daste Seresians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 44.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Daste Seresian economy, worth 224 trillion Blights a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 142,628 Blights, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,303,680 per year while the poor average 1,701, a ratio of 766 to 1.

Unwilling fathers wish they had looked for a late-night pharmacy, throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem, citizens receive notices of disenfranchisement along with their parking tickets, and maintaining economic growth is no laughing matter. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Daste Seres's national animal is the Glowskull Gecko, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Daste Seres is ranked 245,267^th in the world and 607^th in Horizon for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -8 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.