The State of Rattenburry Corner is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 41.668 billion Rattenburry Cornerians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.8%.

The powerhouse Rattenburry Cornerian economy, worth a remarkable 2,780 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 66,727 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 453,668 per year while the poor average 3,585, a ratio of 126 to 1.

The government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, Rattenburry Corner is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, Rattenburry Corner has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and the Governor has just been declared ruler of Rattenburry Corner in an international press conference. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Rattenburry Corner's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Rattenburry Corner is ranked 272,787^th in the world and 1^st in Rattenburry Corner for Nicest Citizens, with 5.59 average smiles per day.