The Republic of Dereistic is a gargantuan, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.771 billion Dereisticians 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 Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hockley. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Dereistician economy, worth a remarkable 3,072 trillion dollars 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 Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 240,546 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political satirists and late night comedians weep as the government begins cleaning up its act, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, high school band practice is often crashed by technicolor-clad ravers, and prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators. Crime is totally unknown. Dereistic's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Dereistic is ranked 864^th in the world and 23^rd in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 26,368.93 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.