The Free Land of Runeda is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, soft-spoken computers, and lack of airports. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.158 billion Runedee love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Administration, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yapéa. The average income tax rate is 77.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Runedeen economy, worth 223 trillion Gehties a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 103,755 Gehties, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children are raised bilingual from an early age, cremation is compulsory for the deceased, bins outnumber trees in city parks, and the nation is currently revamping its entire education system. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Runeda's national animal is the Pirí, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Runeda is ranked 166,909^th in the world and 8,057^th in The North Pacific for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring -4.1 on the Hickory Productivity Index.