The Socialist Republic of Desinec is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Josip Kunivić with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The cynical population of 1.261 billion Desinecians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Podhumlje. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Desinecian economy, worth 114 trillion Kunas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is 90,445 Kunas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants, citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, taking a walk on the wild side is punishable by death, and broken suspension systems are giving auto repair shops plenty of business. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Desinec's national animal is the Marten, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Desinec is ranked 80,638^th in the world and 752^nd in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 98.23 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.