The Federal Republic of Deerp is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Sam Kurt with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, sprawling nuclear power plants, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 6.584 billion Deerpians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of deerp city. The average income tax rate is 82.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Deerpian economy, worth a remarkable 1,819 trillion Derps a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 276,290 Derps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are arrested for naturally producing proteins, homeless people dying of starvation are thought to be a necessary cost of preventing terrorism, gift baskets often contain working nukes, and foreign students are expected to have a Kegmeister Grade Average of 36-24-36 to qualify for university. Crime is totally unknown. Deerp's national animal is the dolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is E.

Deerp is ranked 2,990^th in the world and 83^rd in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 699.55 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.