The Free Land of Kod Der is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 128 million Ders 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, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 73.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Derian economy, worth 2.68 trillion kers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Soda Sales. Average income is 20,931 kers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Workers have seized control of the economy, solid-gold toilets are Derian prisons' least expensive furnishings, the consent form for routine blood pressure measurement has been nominated for the 'Novel Of The Year' award, and the army lures cannon fodder with promises of a college education. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kod Der's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kod Der is ranked 169,275^th in the world and 2,245^th in the South Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 293.88 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.