The Republic of Devote is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avant-garde cinema, and prohibition of alcohol. The compassionate, devout population of 3.779 billion Devoteans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 54.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Devotean economy, worth 277 trillion Bits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,337 Bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Warning signs caution Devoteans where they may fall off 'the edge of the world', the government is spending billions of taxpayer Bits to support "struggling" industries, business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions, and seasonal hay-fever sufferers are attending government drug counselling sessions to get free doughnuts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Devote's national animal is the Pony, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Devote is ranked 84,250^th in the world and 209^th in Sunset Shimmer for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 3,286.91 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.