The Hive of Delthorensdale is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ray Sunset with an even hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, national health service, and vat-grown people. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful population of 18.843 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 7,003 trillion indocries a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 371,653 indocries, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

City rooftops are pockmarked with the shattered remains of high velocity delivery drones, the government's economic policy is "sort it yourself", a traveller who once stubbed a toe on an Air Brancaland flight has been offered asylum, and the mood of raunchy movies is often ruined by the sound of babies crying. 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 56,865^th in the world and 1,247^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,860.73 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.