The Great Union of Duckerin is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Théodore Vornar with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 6.026 billion Duckerinians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Villakma. The average income tax rate is 63.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Duckerinian economy, worth 319 trillion Shields a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 53,049 Shields, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, the government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping, twins move across the country to avoid being accused of the other's crimes, and the well-to-do in The Communist Bloc are never on time for important appointments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Duckerin's national animal is the Dukrowh, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Vallen Christianity.

Duckerin is ranked 228,233^rd in the world and 174^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Black Market, with 298 billion Standard Monetary Units.