The Free Land of Duskari is a small, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 20 million Duskari are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 73.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The imploded Duskarian economy, worth 144 billion Bits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 7,218 Bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The sound of wooden legs echo throughout Duskari after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals, the government has been criticized for giving away Duskari's territory to anyone who claims it, and some paycheques only arrive every 12 to 24 weeks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Duskari's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Duskari is ranked 79,290^th in the world and 348^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 121.24 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.