The Community of Ravinge is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 275 million Ravingeans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 71.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Ravingean economy, worth 10.6 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 38,571 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one is worried about government policies any more, juries deliberate more than magic 8-balls, all government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Ravinge City, and hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ravinge's national animal is the rainwing, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ravinge is ranked 37,681^st in the world and 605^th in the South Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,349.53 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.