The Cooperative Trade Zone of Dacaro is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Secretary-General Kiriko Sarol-Barafort with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.427 billion Dacarans 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Izacoji. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Dacaran economy, worth 684 trillion krudas 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 199,782 krudas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, leather-clad individuals can be seen walking their slaves in public parks, and wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high. Crime is totally unknown. Dacaro's national animal is the Giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Dacaro is ranked 6,030^th in the world and 124^th in The Communist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 112.19 law-abiding acts per hour.