The As good as I once was Empire of Delta Vega IV is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Tiny Nephew with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 20.695 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 2,827 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 136,630 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 5,695^th in the world and 35^th in Refugia for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 14,348.83 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.