The Rich playground n poor hell of Cawn is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 649 million Rij are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Richmë economy, worth 97.1 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 149,621 marks, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,226,676 per year while the poor average 3,870, a ratio of 316 to 1.

The poor are forced into bankruptcy by their energy bills, the military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks", the meaning of life was recently discovered in the patch notes for Version 1.42, and citizens buy season tickets on a 20-year payment plan. Crime is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Cawn's national animal is the porpoise, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cawn is ranked 301,496^th in the world and 569^th in Starlight for Highest Food Quality, scoring 4.85 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.