The The Institute of Raiders of Ragnarok is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Director Shaun with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 15.51 billion Nerds 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 Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Institute. The average income tax rate is 78.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient a nerd economy, worth a remarkable 1,529 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,617 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, Director Shaun has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw, and Director Shaun is the self-declared God of all Raiders of Ragnarok. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Raiders of Ragnarok's national animal is the Synth Gorilla, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Science.

Raiders of Ragnarok is ranked 78,331^st in the world and 20^th in The Fallout Wasteland for Most Corrupt Governments, with 21.3 kickbacks per hour.