The United Socialist States of Denithand is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 937 million Denithandians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Withersville. The average income tax rate is 80.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Denithandian economy, worth 42.8 trillion Deniths a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,640 Deniths, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Leader lives life on the open road - complete with groupies, kindergartens are full of kids dressed as superheroes and princesses, the government considers the rising number of McRonald's fast food restaurants to be great progress, and all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Denithand's national animal is the Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Denithand is ranked 253,906^th in the world and 213^th in The League for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.24 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.