The Commonwealth of Ducia is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 231 million Ducians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 35.3%.

The thriving Ducian economy, worth 18.5 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Retail. Average income is 79,950 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Children as young as eight can present logical proofs for the existence of the afterlife, religious figures have been banned from public holidays to make them more multicultural, rumor has it that Leader has won three lotteries in a row, and attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ducia's national animal is the Ducian Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ducia is ranked 247,086^th in the world and 4,137^th in The East Pacific for Most Authoritarian, with 379.77 milliStalins.