The Two-Armed Democracy of Delaces is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Thomas Lance with an even hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 16.274 billion Delacesians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pluto City. The average income tax rate is 84.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Delacesian economy, worth a remarkable 2,137 trillion Laces a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 131,341 Laces, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes, the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, and politicians are losing their jobs in a plan to make the government 'leaner and fitter'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Delaces's national animal is the Cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cult Of the Almighty Pluto.

Delaces is ranked 8,967^th in the world and 8^th in The Black Hawks for Safest, scoring 122.58 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.