The Republic of Restelsche is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Chancellor Ben Marx with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.159 billion Restelscheans 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 enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rivendell. The average income tax rate is 72.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Restelschean economy, worth 144 trillion Euros a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,060 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bad punctuation has come to a full stop, online terrorists are automatically assigned adverts for cheap balaclavas, the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative, and members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Restelsche's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Restelsche is ranked 271,622^nd in the world and 248^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Patriotic, with 0.73 flags saluted per person per day.