The Empire of The Death Anecdote is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Baridi Vivace with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and compulsory vegetarianism. The compassionate population of 10.903 billion Death Anecdotans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Inferno Lykos. The average income tax rate is 90.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Death Anecdotean economy, worth 793 trillion Gurts a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 72,755 Gurts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, Baridi Vivace has been nicknamed 'Robomop', Baridi Vivace is considering changing the Death Anecdotean flag to one with more glitter, and drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Death Anecdote's national animal is the Raccoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Death Anecdote is ranked 7,495^th in the world and 171^st in the Rejected Realms for Safest, scoring 125.26 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.