The Republic Empire Colony of Decoris is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, deadly medical pandemics, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 22.34 billion Republicans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The minute government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Social Policy and Spirituality not funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Athens. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Republican economy, worth a remarkable 4,667 trillion Rounds a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 208,948 Rounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 686,350 per year while the poor average 47,703, a ratio of 14.4 to 1.

The only soporific permitted during sermons is the preacher's voice, punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements, boot polish is the favourite lip gloss of entry-level corporate workers, and actively encouraging climate change is helping reduce winter fuel costs. Crime is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Decoris's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Decoris is ranked 14,249^th in the world and 6^th in Capitalist Libertarian Freedom Region for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 338.62 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.