The Holy Matriarchy of Delmond is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Lis Grimm with a fair hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.65 billion rats 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aroln. The average income tax rate is 80.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient rat economy, worth 313 trillion rubis 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 85,829 rubis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population, museums stand half-empty as all foreign exhibits are returned to their countries of origin, government officials sit helplessly as they are labelled 'Pompous Womples' by celebrities, and posters on 'Rat Values' advise against being proud of Delmond. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Delmond's national animal is the basking shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is W Rizz.

Delmond is ranked 12,646^th in the world and 5^th in Crimson Spire for Highest Food Quality, scoring 145.75 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.