The Federal Republic of Dasche is a huge, genial nation, ruled by Sebastian Marković with a fair hand, and notable for its public floggings, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 883 million Dascheans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zagreb. The average income tax rate is 56.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Daschean economy, worth 86.0 trillion Daschmarks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 97,431 Daschmarks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Major cities run on potato batteries, the new "Bloodbath" orange tree autonomously seeks and destroys independent orchards, streaming video is considered to be a myth by most citizens, and police reduce their paperwork by refusing to arrest anyone. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dasche's national animal is the Eurasian Hobby, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Dasche is ranked 187,720^th in the world and 291^st in The Free Nations Region for Largest Black Market, with 36.9 billion Standard Monetary Units.