The Democratic States of Den Union is a mammoth, orderly nation, remarkable for its national health service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.358 billion Den Unionians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Den Unionian economy, worth 981 trillion deniers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 117,437 deniers, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 730,166 per year while the poor average 8,101, a ratio of 90.1 to 1.

Insanely good theatre productions face government censorship, the government regrets to say that it is forced to make cuts to citizens, streaming companies get dammed up whenever a powerful person throws a tantrum, and school nurse's offices feature full-service operating suites. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Den Union's national animal is the beaver, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Den Union is ranked 72,361^st in the world and 493^rd in the Rejected Realms for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,356.13 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.