The Empire of Retfor is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, infamous sell-swords, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 483 million Retforians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stanis. The average income tax rate is 57.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Retforian economy, worth 48.2 trillion Rubles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,820 Rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Gun regulations are so strict even staple guns and hot glue guns are illegal, orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, a proud mining community is considering a rebellion after the Capital officially renamed them 'District XII', and 90% of active duty RAF personnel have been laid off and replaced by robot kill-drones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Retfor's national animal is the Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Retfor is ranked 28,116^th in the world and 1,248^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 5,639.98 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.