The Great Kingdom of Deretania is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, aversion to nipples, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.221 billion Deretanians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Deretanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,784 trillion kronor a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 193,516 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches, cholera is seen as the holiest of diseases, state media insists that Leader is the most fashionable leader in TNP, and little kids often wonder why strange grown-ups are following them around the soft play areas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Deretania's national animal is the dolphin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Deretania is ranked 14,755^th in the world and 1^st in TNP for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 332.06 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.