The Republic of Durfia is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.484 billion Durfians 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 large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 95.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Durfian economy, worth a remarkable 1,335 trillion florins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 178,500 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

History textbook pages are used as impromptu tissues by distraught students, one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, people believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more, and the contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across Durfia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Durfia's national animal is the bison, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Durfia is ranked 4,127^th in the world and 196^th in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 612.95 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.