The Extremely Dangerous Land of Deathtrap Island is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Mastermind with an even hand, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, aversion to nipples, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 21.38 billion Victims are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Nexus. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Deathtrap Islandian economy, worth a remarkable 4,003 trillion Weapons a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 187,238 Weapons, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,720,431 per year while the poor average 2,114, a ratio of 813 to 1.

Glassy-eyed Deathtrap Islandian wives lifelessly chant "I love you" on command, a mushroom a day keeps the sadness away, teenagers performing appendectomies on their friends has become a popular schoolyard prank, and unemployed school bus drivers photobomb virtual classroom meetings. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Deathtrap Island's national animal is the Human Race, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Violence.

Deathtrap Island is ranked 345,370^th in the world and 4,951^st in the Rejected Realms for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 1.74 Effective Tax Rate.