The Protectorate of Deptia is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, frequent executions, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 514 million Deptites are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.4%.

The thriving Deptian economy, worth 39.7 trillion Federal Tokens a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 77,279 Federal Tokens, with the richest citizens earning 8.1 times as much as the poorest.

The Catfish is protected from hunting and slowly coming back from the brink of extinction, the nation's student exchange programs are something of a one way street, deli patrons examine their roast beef for undetonated explosives, and summer science camps are regularly raided by narcotics police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Deptia's national animal is the Catfish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Deptia is ranked 309,462^nd in the world and 17^th in BUCHAREST CITY for Smartest Citizens, with 0.87 quips per hour.