The Defender Planet of Ducky is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Warden Ducky with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.967 billion Ducks 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Duckland. The average income tax rate is 62.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Duck economy, worth 224 trillion Duckcoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 75,598 Duckcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Referenda are held for every conceivable government action, the "right of sanctuary" stops police pursuit into temples and churches, people with political aspirations study how to make balloon animals, and there's never a spare chair in the retirement home. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ducky's national animal is the Duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Duckism.

Ducky is ranked 32,357^th in the world and 49^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Lowest Crime Rates, with 81.36 law-abiding acts per hour.