The Republic of Deep thoughts without the deep is a large, pleasant nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 130 million Deep thoughts without the deepians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 16.8%.

The Deep thoughts without the deepian economy, worth 7.22 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 55,545 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, Deep thoughts without the deep City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, ambulances aren't allowed to overtake hearses, and sniffer dogs are trained to follow clouds of fruity-smelling vapor. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. Deep thoughts without the deep's national animal is the elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Deep thoughts without the deep is ranked 117,497^th in the world and 31^st in Stygian Abbey for Most Cultured, scoring 65 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.