The Protectorate of DPR China is a very large, pleasant nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, enforced nudity, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 454 million DPR Chinans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 48.7%.

The DPR Chinan economy, worth 21.9 trillion 4th Edition Trench Dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 48,189 4th Edition Trench Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are prohibited from raising their voice above thirty decibels in commercial districts, chain-gangs are often seen toting barges and lifting bales, pregnancy tests are under fire from the government for being marketed only to women, and the beauty of coastal towns is marred only slightly by all the closed-down storefronts. Crime is moderate. DPR China's national animal is the Black Spotted Tabby Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

DPR China is ranked 300,600^th in the world and 11^th in New Region oasis for Nicest Citizens, with 1.06 average smiles per day.