The Empire of David1776 is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 150 million David1776ians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.9%.

The very strong David1776ian economy, worth 9.20 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 61,360 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 203,469 per year while the poor average 13,813, a ratio of 14.7 to 1.

Private pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are given away freely by the government, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. David1776's national animal is the cobra.

David1776 is ranked 233,930^th in the world and 13^th in The Diverse Countries Of East Greenwich for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 10.49 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.