The Armed Republic of Mount Ratis is a mid-sized, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 56 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 Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 41.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Mount Ratisian economy, worth 3.43 trillion KMS a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,297 KMS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The state-controlled media salutes those about to spy, people with dyslexia are told to tough through it, the institution of marriage is held sacred and strictly enforced, and mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation. 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 can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Mount Ratis is ranked 64,393^rd in the world and 264^th in the Outback for Most Corrupt Governments, with 33.18 kickbacks per hour.