The State of Dawson College is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 31.508 billion Dawson Collegeans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 51.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Dawson Collegean economy, worth 757 trillion betales a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 24,050 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, the government is avowedly atheist, the military frequently holds bake sales to raise funds, and school uniforms are compulsory. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dawson College's national animal is the deer.

Dawson College is ranked 151,518^th in the world and 6^th in Lesotho for Most Primitive, scoring -54.77 on the Scary Big Number Scale.