The People's Republic of Democratic peoples union is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by general secretary with an iron fist, and renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.225 billion Democratic peoples unionians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the capitol district. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Democratic peoples unionian economy, worth a remarkable 3,564 trillion deniers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. 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 an amazing 348,625 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, the police crack down on tax evaders without mercy, and the sound of wooden legs echo throughout Democratic peoples union after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Democratic peoples union's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the state.

Democratic peoples union is ranked 233^rd in the world and 1^st in north korea on steroids for Most Conservative, scoring 100 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.