The Republic of Duetahr is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, prohibition of alcohol, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.368 billion Duetahrians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 84.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Duetahrian economy, worth a remarkable 1,241 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 148,348 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system, possession of tomato seeds with intent to garden is a criminal offence, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and lonely children write fanfiction about absent fathers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Duetahr's national animal is the Python, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Duetahr is ranked 22,281^st in the world and 2,198^th in Two for Most Cultured, scoring 89 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.