The Federal Republic of Darbland is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by the President with an even hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.289 billion Darblandians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Darbland City. The average income tax rate is 55.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Darblandian economy, worth 371 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 162,432 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Darbland recently hosted the least successful trade negotiations since The Phantom Menace, cutting-edge missile systems are being retrofitted to twin-prop air force biplanes, for the sake of 'public interest' news programs tell viewers how to home-make Sarin gas bombs, and the army consists of only generals and grunts. Crime is totally unknown. Darbland's national animal is the Keir Starmer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Secularism.

Darbland is ranked 8,516^th in the world and 411^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 441.48 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.