The Federation of Desanberg is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Gren with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 3.623 billion Desanbergians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Varak. The average income tax rate is 94.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Desanbergian economy, worth 681 trillion Florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 188,213 Florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm, political detractors refer to Gren as 'that Bigtopian puppet', preschools put children down for naps with milk, cookies, and a gruesome story of vengeance, and the news is showing footage of Gren bullying an old man to the point of tears. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Desanberg's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Desanberg is ranked 276,031^st in the world and 27^th in Secret Artist Society for Largest Black Market, with 81.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.