The Dominion of Devestaten is a fledgling, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5 million Devestatenians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.3%.

The very strong Devestatenian economy, worth 274 billion Selkas a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Furniture Restoration, and Gambling. Average income is 54,963 Selkas, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, military spending recently hit a new high, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, and the tenet of free speech is held dear. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force. Devestaten's national animal is the Stalker.

Devestaten is ranked 162,062^nd in the world and 5^th in Jotunheimr for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,499.26 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.