The Federation of Ranoa is a small, socially progressive nation, notable for its frequent executions, suspicion of poets, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 36 million Ranoans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.8%.

The Ranoan economy, worth 1.96 trillion Ranoan Notes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,526 Ranoan Notes, with the richest citizens earning 8.1 times as much as the poorest.

Tourist operators promise visitors tours of live burning shipwrecks and plane crash sites, equality looks curiously unequal, producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, and police regularly arrest families playing Monopoly. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ranoa's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ranoa is ranked 262,471^st in the world and 25^th in ScuffiaProjectia for Most Cultured, scoring 60 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.