The Dictatorship of Dorselandia is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 379 million Dorselandians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Distest. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.2%.

The thriving Dorselandian economy, worth 29.2 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 76,943 Credits, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 475,863 per year while the poor average 5,381, a ratio of 88.4 to 1.

Calling tech support mid-shootout is a common occurrence, torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, the optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem", and sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dorselandia's national animal is the Raven, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Dorselandia is ranked 279,475^th in the world and 52^nd in Free Market Federation for Highest Poor Incomes, with 5,381.09 Standard Monetary Units.