The Republic of Disjecta Membra is a very large, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, suspicion of poets, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 292 million Disjecta Membrans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.8%.

The strong Disjecta Membran economy, worth 15.4 trillion raffle tickets a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is 52,580 raffle tickets, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 279,842 per year while the poor average 5,205, a ratio of 53.8 to 1.

The team in charge of creating a new writing system have spent months deciding whether or not to use serif or sans-serif characters, the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, traffic news is delivered to drivers via carrier pigeon, and groups of three or more trees are cut down in the name of 'child safety'. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Disjecta Membra's national animal is the dragonfly, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Disjecta Membra is ranked 42,769^th in the world and 8^th in After Hours for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,528.69 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.