The Republic of Deep-Dive Deep is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 882 million Deep-Dive Deepians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 38.2%.

The strong Deep-Dive Deepian economy, worth 51.9 trillion stardusts a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,870 stardusts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Tourists soak their luggage in boiling water before unpacking, toddler groups have taken over local libraries, textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, and national park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Deep-Dive Deep's national animal is the moonlark, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Deep-Dive Deep is ranked 94,623^rd in the world and 1^st in Deep Dive Deep for Most Corrupt Governments, with 17.55 kickbacks per hour.