The Empire of Duhaastensheisitz is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and smutty television. The cynical population of 219 million Duhaastensheisitzians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 25.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Duhaastensheisitzian economy, worth 19.3 trillion golds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,033 golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's streets have become a winter wonderland of salt and sand, oilmen are in the business of greasing people's palms, the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, and the Duhaastensheisitz City State Museum is said to be haunted by ghastly musicians playing 'Nearer Violet to Thee'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Duhaastensheisitz's national animal is the bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Duhaastensheisitz is ranked 73,074^th in the world and 27^th in Der Leibwache for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 131.77 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.