The As good as I once was Empire of Delta Vega IV is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Tiny Nephew with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, complete lack of prisons, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate population of 20.628 billion Delta Vegans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bundestäg. The average income tax rate is 91.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Delta Vega IVian economy, worth a remarkable 2,823 trillion JoachimsTälers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 136,888 JoachimsTälers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Private digital records now come with a convenient "download" button, Little League matches are often attended by riot police with water cannon... just in case, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, and the blood, sweat, and tears of poor Delta Vegans make research institutes rich. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Delta Vega IV's national animal is the Honeybee, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Humanism.

Delta Vega IV is ranked 20,490^th in the world and 69^th in Refugia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 89.31 law-abiding acts per hour.