The State of DBA xviii is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 14.857 billion DBA xviiians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dominion Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.4%.

The thriving DBA xviiian economy, worth 642 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is 43,272 betales, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary and DBA xviii has designated Dominion Heights as its capital city. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. DBA xviii's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

DBA xviii is ranked 211,204^th in the world and 58^th in The Federation of Independent Nations for Safest, scoring 36.03 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.