The Unending Tyranny of Deredeo is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by His Most Grand Wisdom and Power with an iron fist, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, pith helmet sales, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.611 billion Deredeans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grand Deredeo. The average income tax rate is 80.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Deredean economy, worth 708 trillion scunges a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 196,153 scunges, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, the nation's black ops are starting to get on people's nerves, weather forecasts regularly cover meteor showers, and kids feel more beat up than ever after a hard day at school. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Deredeo's national animal is the ladybug, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Veraism.

Deredeo is ranked 18,489^th in the world and 1^st in Sylvestria for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 321.95 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.