The Free Land of Duskari is a mid-sized, orderly nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 62 million Duskari are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 74.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Duskarian economy, worth 672 billion Bits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 10,853 Bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sniffer dogs check train passengers for body odour, producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, ride-sharing often involves some passengers sitting on the roof rack, and every week is blindness awareness week. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Duskari's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Duskari is ranked 196,060^th in the world and 437^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 72.86 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.