The People's Communist Republic of Dandeleria is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Colonel Augusto Ramirez with an iron fist, and notable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, compulsory vegetarianism, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 18.091 billion Dandelerians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Norakocha. The income tax rate is 100%.

The large but stagnant Dandelerian economy, worth 925 trillion narlas a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, extremely specialized black market in Basket Weaving and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 51,179 narlas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Artists regularly face criminal charges and art-burning parties are common, most foreigners can't name the leader of Dandeleria, invasive species are hunted by the gendarmerie, and the nation is under martial law. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Dandeleria's national animal is the Manorina, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cult of DEAREST LEADER.

Dandeleria is ranked 333,066^th in the world and 15,930^th in Osiris for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 0.97 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.