The Great Empire of Retfor is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Lodrik von Retfor with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, flagrant waste-dumping, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.089 billion Retforians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stanis. The average income tax rate is 75.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Retforian economy, worth 349 trillion Retforian rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 113,231 Retforian rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians frequently make unusual poses during speeches in hopes of inspiring the next internet fad, nobody thinks that the Godfather was bettered by Part 2, R-SPAN viewership drops as MPs act their age, and the rich tend their gardens inside gated urban farming communities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Retfor's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Galactic Chaos.

Retfor is ranked 13,617^th in the world and 17^th in The Brotherhood of Malice for Lowest Crime Rates, with 95.74 law-abiding acts per hour.