The Democratic States of Deton is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by King James with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 2.643 billion Detonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Deton City. The average income tax rate is 17.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Detonian economy, worth 93.0 trillion bitcoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Cheese Exports, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,179 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

A life spent suffering in silence is considered noble, nobody wants to know how the sausage is made, there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, and Christianity has been named as Deton's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate. Deton's national animal is the sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Christianity.

Deton is ranked 271,778^th in the world and 487^th in Starlight for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring zero on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.