The State of Dirae is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by the Governor with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 9.284 billion Diraeans 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 69.8%.

The large but underdeveloped Diraean economy, worth 318 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 34,343 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Organ donation is compulsory, peace talks occasionally rack up a higher body count than the wars they seek to stop, Dirae has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Dirae in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dirae's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Dirae is ranked 87,469^th in the world and 1^st in Lagos for Lowest Crime Rates, with 67.54 law-abiding acts per hour.