The Hive of Delthorensdale is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Ray Sunset with an even hand, and renowned for its vat-grown people, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 18.941 billion Delth enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The minute, liberal government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sunset Manor. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Delth economy, worth a remarkable 7,076 trillion indocries a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 373,584 indocries, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Footballers are doing aerobics in the sauna to build their hot weather endurance, battlefield gains are quickly lost when enemies don't respect a time-out, international collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Delthorensdale, and it takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle. Crime is totally unknown. Delthorensdale's national animal is the clockwork horror, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Facilitate.

Delthorensdale is ranked 102^nd in the world and 4^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 1,697.93 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.