The Commonwealth of Runefel is a tiny, socially progressive nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 7 million Fellans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The relatively small, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 22.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The developing Fellan economy, worth 266 billion rúns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 37,961 rúns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, surrealist houses shaped like mushrooms and volcanoes dominate the wealthiest neighborhoods, and it is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Runefel's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Runefel is ranked 235,905^th in the world and 675^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -7 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.