The Marathing of Ratateague is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, rampant corporate plagiarism, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 27.834 billion Ratatekkers love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Administration, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Holtmímir. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Ratatasque economy, worth an astonishing 11,821 trillion ʝarls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an amazing 424,699 ʝarls, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People can get away with murder these days, the nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, the new iVote app allows representatives to vote on legislation by launching ill-tempered birds and matching candies, and authorities are looking for a stool pigeon to rat out who is stealing food from pigeon toilets. Crime is totally unknown. Ratateague's national animal is the flying squirrel, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ratateague is ranked 285,597^th in the world and 158^th in The Social Liberal Union for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -38.39 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.