The Free Land of Delsal is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.577 billion Delsalians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 50.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Delsalian economy, worth 258 trillion oases a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 163,737 oases, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is currently revamping its entire education system, school lockers are filled with fancy underwear, suburban families are finding themselves increasingly short on food as they waste precious water on their lawns, and people are left scratching their heads at the government's decisions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Delsal's national animal is the hyena, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Delsal is ranked 180,108^th in the world and 591^st in Concord for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 31.83 on the Bus Surprisal Index.