The United Socialist States of Drancia is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, state-planned economy, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 208 million Drancians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Drancian economy, worth 11.3 trillion deniers 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, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 54,169 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed, national surveys report that bellies are getting fuller while heads are getting emptier, Drancian politicians are often described as having more style than substance, and psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Leader to meetings with foreign heads of state. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Drancia's national animal is the rooster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Drancia is ranked 89,378^th in the world and 178^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,441.92 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.