The Republic of Lake Delta is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Harrison Everett with an iron fist, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, ritual sacrifices, and daily referendums. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 802 million Deltanians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cliff Plateau. The average income tax rate is 68.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Deltanian economy, worth 81.7 trillion Deltanian Euros a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 101,882 Deltanian Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals in Lake Delta are too busy serving the needs of 10000 Islands to see Deltanians, the Lake Delta Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, the government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping, and a third of Deltanians are e-certified CEOs. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lake Delta's national animal is the Capybara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lake Delta is ranked 54,071^st in the world and 387^th in 10000 Islands for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 138.27 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.