The Republic of Dereistic is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.845 billion Dereisticians 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, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hockley. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Dereistician economy, worth a remarkable 3,079 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 239,751 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The "feminist protest" defence is increasingly common for cases of armed robbery, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, sales of trenchcoats are on the rise, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. Crime is totally unknown. Dereistic's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Dereistic is ranked 1,058^th in the world and 22^nd in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 79.87 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.