The Modern Portfolio Theory of Daedra1a is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by HIM Opulentus I with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, anti-smoking policies, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 28.235 billion Daedra1ans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, with Defense and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Opulentia. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Daedra1an economy, worth an astonishing 24,622 trillion Expected Returns a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 872,046 Expected Returns, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,627,641 per year while the poor average 54,472, a ratio of 103 to 1.

The industries of Daedra1a are coughing all the way to the bank, there's a big brother in every prison, the government is lending a hand to private industry, and teachers are skilled at leaving no evidence of child cruelty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Daedra1a's national animal is the Risk-free Asset, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Efficient Frontier.

Daedra1a is ranked 55^th in the world and 5^th in Lazarus for Largest Agricultural Sector, scoring 32,253.06 on the Mu-Bah-Daggs Productivity Index.