The People's Empire of Dongming is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor of the Dongming Empire with an even hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, compulsory military service, and digital currency. The compassionate population of 11.55 billion Han Chinese are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Changxing. The average income tax rate is 66.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Dongmingian economy, worth a remarkable 2,538 trillion EmpireRenminbis 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 219,747 EmpireRenminbis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A little love goes a long way claim Dongmingian news, finders keepers is the law of the land, on-duty Air Dongming flight attendants are usually seen napping in first class, and the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Dongming's national animal is the Kirin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Taoism.

Dongming is ranked 329,841^st in the world and 17,711^th in Lazarus for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 17.84 on the Bus Surprisal Index.