The Sublime Zsardom of Daulmark is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Zsar Johannes-Ottokar IV with an iron fist, and notable for its national health service, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful population of 13.893 billion Daulmarkians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Öslitz. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Daulmarkian economy, worth a remarkable 4,025 trillion Kuras a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 289,770 Kuras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Builders spend more time negotiating "tasteful architecture" than on actual construction, punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, and whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Daulmark's national animal is the Osprey, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Sancticism.

Daulmark is ranked 314,194^th in the world and 159^th in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Rudest Citizens, with 8.24 insults per minute.