The Republic of Ralphburg is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Ralph J Russell with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 9.283 billion Ralphburgers are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ralphburg. The average income tax rate is 15.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ralphburgian economy, worth a remarkable 2,519 trillion Dogecoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 271,394 Dogecoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's prisons are touted as the best weight loss programs money can't buy, it's illegal to be caught on tape, the nation is now proudly cholera-free, and home renovation projects take decades to complete. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ralphburg's national animal is the big smoldog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ralphburg is ranked 149,104^th in the world and 2,689^th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 451.97 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.