The Queendom of Deguo is a mid-sized, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 73 million Deguoans enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order, Healthcare, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Environment receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.4%.

The strong Deguoan economy, worth 4.49 trillion lire a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 61,490 lire, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 396,309 per year while the poor average 3,854, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Deguo's national animal is the penguin, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Deguo is ranked 16,928^th in the world and 1^st in Matrix for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 108.17 on the Bus Surprisal Index.