The DannyG Republic of Smevick is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Billy Bassett with an iron fist, and renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, compulsory military service, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.307 billion Smethwickians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Binham. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 52.1%.

The all-consuming Smevickian economy, worth 226 trillion legbreakers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,128 legbreakers, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

People at rock bottom are handed a shovel and a cold one, children must make a homemade spinach and ricotta rotolo by high school or be held back, money can't buy happiness but it can buy immunity to prosecution, and both criminals and civilians are DOA. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Smevick's national animal is the Elephant Bird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is DannyGism.

Smevick is ranked 241,439^th in the world and 8^th in Nordana for Most Secular, with 13.5 Atheism Rate.