The People's Republic of Rathanur is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Halrax with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, rampant corporate plagiarism, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.636 billion Rathanurians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rathano. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Rathanurian economy, worth a remarkable 2,035 trillion antarins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 235,721 antarins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government burgles the houses of holidaying citizens, many marriages go virtually unconsummated, political speeches always take place at sunset to a background of patriotic power ballads, and the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Rathano Times is sold out. Crime is totally unknown. Rathanur's national animal is the cockatrice, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Humanism.

Rathanur is ranked 2,065^th in the world and 3^rd in Karma for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 29,679.86 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.