The Peoples United Communes of Dakran is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Representative Vadim Ivanovitch with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 23.723 billion Dakranians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Administration, and Environment also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Law & Order are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dakran City. The average income tax rate is 90.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Dakranian economy, worth a remarkable 3,778 trillion Raints a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 159,256 Raints, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Endangered bison are herded across the border to prevent them from trampling on native prairie grass, animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs, a traveller who once stubbed a toe on an Air Brancaland flight has been offered asylum, and the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks. Crime is totally unknown. Dakran's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secularism.

Dakran is ranked 6,465^th in the world and 1^st in Dakrans Shed for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 57.82 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.