The Incorporated States of D H Holmes is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 648 million D H Holmesians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.3%.

The strong D H Holmesian economy, worth 39.3 trillion Silver Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 60,692 Silver Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 189,483 per year while the poor average 14,925, a ratio of 12.7 to 1.

Leader's webseries about the alleged hauntings of D H Holmes City generates millions of views, the law is more interested in punishing crime than preventing it, surveillance cameras are banned, and the tenet of free speech is held dear. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. D H Holmes's national animal is the Lagniappe, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

D H Holmes is ranked 237,873^rd in the world and 8^th in New Orleans for Lowest Crime Rates, with 54.96 law-abiding acts per hour.