The Federal Republic of Rathoria is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Governor Matthew Gibson with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, sprawling nuclear power plants, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 13.001 billion Rathorians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Icesium. The average income tax rate is 77.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rathorian economy, worth a remarkable 1,797 trillion Eucriotian Credits a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 138,224 Eucriotian Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens may cast their vote over the internet or phone, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, people stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating, and senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rathoria's national animal is the Blue-backed Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rathoria is ranked 15,461^st in the world and 18^th in Cape of Good Hope for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,971.5 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.