The Republic of -Duramente- is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 916 million -Duramente-ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 59.8%.

The powerhouse -Duramente-ian economy, worth 71.9 trillion currencies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,524 currencies, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

Scrapyards are filled with Leader's face, sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors, crocodile roadkill is smeared across the asphalt of the new Formula One track, and courses in how to boil water are popular for formerly microwave-reliant -Duramente-ians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Duramente-'s national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Duramente- is ranked 234,948^th in the world and 595^th in Izern for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.24 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.