The County of Dorset is a gargantuan, pleasant nation, ruled by Tristan Sibley with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 28.405 billion Dorsetians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dorchester. The average income tax rate is 17.0%.

The Dorsetian economy, worth 999 trillion pounds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. Average income is 35,193 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Abortion is only legal in unusual circumstances, referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population, Dorset has designated Dorchester as its capital city, and the nation has a strict 'no marauding undead' law (Dorset has found 1 easter egg). Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Dorset's national animal is the lion.

Dorset is ranked 142,047^th in the world and 19^th in Terranova for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.