The Federation of South Retobi is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Oslo Bäckland with a fair hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.139 billion South Retobians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moby. The average income tax rate is 80.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse South Retobian economy, worth 98.5 trillion dinars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Basket Weaving. Average income is 86,519 dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Violetist community celebrates bombshells being dropped on South Retobi, space shuttles are lying silent on the runway till the Space Agency can work out how to fit a creche and a meditation room into their next spacecraft, would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", and students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. South Retobi's national animal is the capybara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

South Retobi is ranked 27,301^st in the world and 625^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 84.41 law-abiding acts per hour.