The Community of Dane 2040 is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 693 million Dane 2040ians 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 85.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Dane 2040ian economy, worth 56.5 trillion tokens 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 led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Soda Sales. Average income is 81,540 tokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, the wreckages of bombed planes that litter Dane 2040 are highly popular tourist destinations, harassed women are constantly hassled by guys who are "just giving them compliments", and museums have more touchscreens on display than artifacts. Crime is totally unknown. Dane 2040's national animal is the robin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Dane 2040 is ranked 284,237^th in the world and 1,288^th in Europe for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 12,149.48 Standard Monetary Units.