The Ancient Stronghold of A Raptor is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Raptor with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The devout population of 42.796 billion raptors 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Welfare, and Environment are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Velocia. The average income tax rate is 82.4%.

The raptor economy, worth a remarkable 2,267 trillion credits a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining. Average income is 52,973 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

A Raptor has designated Velocia as its capital city, Raptor has just been declared ruler of A Raptor in an international press conference, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and the nation excels at displacement. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Raptor's national animal is the velociraptor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is none.

A Raptor is ranked 323,046^th in the world and 11^th in Atlantic for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -9.12 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.