The Protectorate of Rteaste is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its ritual sacrifices and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.604 billion Rteasteans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.6%.

The Rteastean economy, worth 112 trillion Deneroes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 43,203 Deneroes, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

All government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Rteaste City, open-heart surgery is taught in seminaries, there are no minimum wage laws, and the police double as repo men. Crime is a problem. Rteaste's national animal is the Black Bear, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Rteaste is ranked 309,624^th in the world and 40^th in The Forge for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -8.6 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.