The Federal Republic of Devirah is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Chrisjen Avasarala with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.41 billion Devirahns are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aingil. The average income tax rate is 83.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Devirahn economy, worth 137 trillion Autos a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,193 Autos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, political cartoons depicting Chrisjen Avasarala's face on a Bison's buttocks are selling like hotcakes, factories grind to a halt every time there is an election, and the nation has an international reputation for compassion. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Devirah's national animal is the Bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Devirah is ranked 15,129^th in the world and 8^th in Red Autumn for Most Cultured, scoring 97 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.