The Dominion of Dericho is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Dustio with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, infamous sell-swords, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 2.39 billion Derichoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dherul. The average income tax rate is 75.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Derichoan economy, worth 200 trillion Deris a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 84,018 Deris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Policy reversals are more often graceful demi-détournés than u-turns, kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll, replacement organs are grown in vats, and being dead no longer has any benefits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dericho's national animal is the Stag Beetle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Dericho is ranked 55,296^th in the world and 1,030^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 135.44 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.