The Theocracy of Devarad is a large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, public floggings, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 177 million Devaradians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 52.8%.

The strong Devaradian economy, worth 10.4 trillion Devars a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 59,009 Devars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 325,183 per year while the poor average 5,421, a ratio of 60.0 to 1.

The government has embraced apartheid, the Devarad City XV Regiment (aka "The Goat Starers") have yet to win a battle, a soldier's body is a temple, and children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Devarad's national animal is the Black Stag, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Devarad is ranked 284,218^th in the world and 4,093^rd in The North Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 0.73 average smiles per day.