The Mystery Cult of Demeter is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Demeter with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, remarkably easy parental licensing program, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, cheerful population of 31.866 billion Demeteriuses are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mount Olympus. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Demeter economy, worth an astonishing 11,408 trillion grains a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 358,011 grains, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs, bars are packed at all hours, the nation's museums are real penny-pinchers, and all recreational drugs are legal. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Demeter's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Eleusian Mysteries.

Demeter is ranked 40,269^th in the world and 2^nd in Greek Islands for Safest, scoring 105.68 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.