The Republic of The Duck Island is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Mallard Ducksworth with an even hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, humorless population of 1.388 billion Duck Islandians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Pond. The average income tax rate is 58.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Duck Islandian economy, worth 169 trillion Feathers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 122,000 Feathers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Tourists are flocking to the newly-built MeteorLand family resort, popular candidates who don't suffer last-second political scandals tend to get fished out of the The Pond River, planes can be grounded for months simply because an inspector "didn't like the color", and a primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Duck Island's national animal is the Duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Duckism.

The Duck Island is ranked 307,288^th in the world and 52^nd in Liberlandia for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -13.93 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.