The Potent Pheromones of Delta Four is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Niro with a fair hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 7.738 billion Deltans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 114-Delta V. The average income tax rate is 78.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Deltan economy, worth 129 trillion Federation Credits a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 16,771 Federation Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gossip magazines have pictures of Niro sunbathing on the beach with political rivals, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, weekends are spent tilting at windmills, and bris parties are all the rage. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Delta Four's national animal is the Vulture, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Delta Four is ranked 37,441^st in the world and 23^rd in United Earth Space Probe Agency for Highest Food Quality, scoring 45.33 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.