The Empire of Donamya is a very large, orderly nation, renowned for its parental licensing program. The hard-working, cynical population of 178 million donamishes are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 12.5%.

The strong Donamyan economy, worth 12.7 trillion dollars$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Tourism. Average income is 71,331 dollars$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Male friends are often accompanied by a female relative in order to prove their 'straightness', foreigners with shady pasts are fleeing the country, you can get married in sickness and in health but not internationally, and every diamond ring sold is accompanied by a twenty-five page analysis and a waiver. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Donamya's national animal is the horse.

Donamya is ranked 111,393^rd in the world and 121^st in The Brotherhood of Malice for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 80.62 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.