The Socialist Federal Republic of Divankhaban is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Aleksandr Zhelesnikov with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, infamous sell-swords, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 7.495 billion Divanis are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sablinsk. The average income tax rate is 72.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Divankhabanian economy, worth 601 trillion Delars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,207 Delars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour, the tax agency is feared more than serial killers and terrorists, the running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless, and what goes down must come up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Divankhaban's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Divankhaban is ranked 263,798^th in the world and 11^th in Coldonia for Nicest Citizens, with 7.52 average smiles per day.