The Protectorate of Rapid Nuke Placement Team is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 114 million Rapid Nuke Placement Teamians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.9%.

The strong Rapid Nuke Placement Teamian economy, worth 6.03 trillion Nukes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Soda Sales. Average income is 52,891 Nukes, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 325,821 per year while the poor average 3,736, a ratio of 87.2 to 1.

Military spending recently hit a new high, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, fake designer clothes are shredded and burnt while many in the world don't have a shirt on their back, and surveillance cameras are banned. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Rapid Nuke Placement Team's national animal is the B-52, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Rapid Nuke Placement Team is ranked 323,609^th in the world and 291^st in Stars Above for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -6.32 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.