The Empire of Demetrio is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Dimitri R with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, free-roaming dinosaurs, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.117 billion Demetrioans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Meter. The average income tax rate is 54.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Demetrioan economy, worth 117 trillion Livres a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 104,839 Livres, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Babysitters are a thing of the past, songs in 4/4 time are simply too common for the musical cognoscenti, children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, and weather forecasts regularly cover meteor showers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Demetrio's national animal is the Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Christianism.

Demetrio is ranked 41,653^rd in the world and 104^th in Talonia for Most Developed, scoring 79.48 on the Human Development Index.