The Revolutionary Republic of Rathesia is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Comrade Benji with a fair hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.152 billion Rathesians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Belapol. The average income tax rate is 97.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Rathesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,032 trillion dollars 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 167,804 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Arbitrary election rules are considered sacrosanct, factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections, giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls, and drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth. Crime is totally unknown. Rathesia's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rathesia is ranked 67,631^st in the world and 1,129^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Extreme, scoring 27.95 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.