The United Socialist States of Debia is a large, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, suspicion of poets, and devotion to social welfare. The quiet, industrious population of 143 million Debians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 64.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Debian economy, worth 3.60 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Pizza Delivery. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 25,174 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Burglars are known for taking cash, socks, and other valuables, "Leader got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, and bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Debia's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Debia is ranked 164,604^th in the world and 1^st in The Commons for Smartest Citizens, with 28.02 quips per hour.