The Sublime Zsardom of Daulmark is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Zsar Ottokar IV with an iron fist, and remarkable for its triple-decker prams, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful population of 13.428 billion Daulmarkians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

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

The frighteningly efficient Daulmarkian economy, worth a remarkable 3,771 trillion Kuras a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 280,843 Kuras, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Zsar Ottokar IV's family members carry literal get-out-of-jail-free cards, kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history, construction workers evacuate work sites after finding sharp rocks on the ground, and money that should have gone to charities is instead spent on monitoring them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive 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 Sacrametic Axonity.

Daulmark is ranked 43,365^th in the world and 30^th in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 753.78 on the Clooney Contribution Index.