The Fiefdom of HMS Despatch is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed population of 4.568 billion HMS Despatchians 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 27.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient HMS Despatchian economy, worth 171 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 37,633 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft, the fattest folk in HMS Despatch look to be the happiest ones, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. HMS Despatch's national animal is the Kitsune, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

HMS Despatch is ranked 158,954^th in the world and 8^th in Cruiser Fleet for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 1,379.94 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.