The Nomadic Peoples of De Eon is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, prohibition of alcohol, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 344 million De Eonians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 69.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish De Eonian economy, worth 7.96 trillion derelicts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 23,133 derelicts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Patriotic citizens simply tend to applaud rather than sing the nation's praises, De Eon has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, the government loves seeing the little people fight, and Bigtopian relations have become a minefield. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. De Eon's national animal is the raccoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

De Eon is ranked 191,382^nd in the world and 1,098^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 46.26 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.