The Armed Republic of Mount Ratis is a very large, orderly nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, compulsory military service, and prohibition of alcohol. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 459 million Mount Ratisians 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 medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 47.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Mount Ratisian economy, worth 30.0 trillion KMS a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,254 KMS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers, throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem, immigrant herding has become a national pastime, and all government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Mount Ratis City. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mount Ratis's national animal is the hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Mount Ratis is ranked 46,134^th in the world and 131^st in the Outback for Highest Poor Incomes, with 58,396.21 Standard Monetary Units.