The Rich playground and poor hel of Cawn is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Big rich man with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, frequent executions, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.204 billion 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. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rich city. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Richmë economy, worth 205 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 170,409 marks, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,278,074 per year while the poor average 6,556, a ratio of 194 to 1.

There's never a spare chair in the retirement home, politicians are often seen drinking soft drinks at the end of every public address, edgy teens know that illegal discos are where the cool cats hang, and the government's official position on invasive species is 'who cares?'. Crime is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Cawn's national animal is the Mmmmm, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cawn is ranked 300,473^rd in the world and 98^th in Timoria for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -17 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.