The Society of Diuturnitas is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by R with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 981 million Diuturnitarians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government prioritizes Administration, with Education, Healthcare, and Environment also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Urbs Diuturna. The average income tax rate is 63.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Diuturnitary economy, worth 53.0 trillion Currencies a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Tourism, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 54,016 Currencies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lottery winners spend most of their money on security, the nation is in perpetual campaign mode, telling someone to 'break a leg' is considered a criminal inducement to self harm, and reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Diuturnitas's national animal is the Animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Diuturnitas is ranked 74,827^th in the world and 1,546^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 103.67 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.