The Poor Team of The Tampa Bay Rays is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Stuart Sternberg with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 7.81 billion Tampa Bay Raysians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tropicana Field. The average income tax rate is 81.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tampa Bay Raysian economy, worth 929 trillion rubles a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 119,071 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details, rumor has it that the government was paid off by the mob to allow casinos to reopen, pro-life activists often lecture pregnant women undergoing routine prenatal screening, and there are no minimum wage laws. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Tampa Bay Rays's national animal is the Ray, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Baseball.

The Tampa Bay Rays is ranked 55,622^nd in the world and 2,081^st in The North Pacific for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 4,116.3 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.