The Audi of R8 is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Driver with an iron fist, and notable for its enslaved workforce, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 24.755 billion R8ians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ingolstadt. The average income tax rate is 81.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient R8ian economy, worth a remarkable 3,869 trillion Fuels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 156,299 Fuels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed, romantic sunsets are no longer interrupted by explosions and monstrous roars, Driver's luxurious new home has been designated as a protected cultural heritage site, and the nation's once beautiful countryside has turned brown as farmers spray potent pesticides. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. R8's national animal is the Cheetah, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Speed.

R8 is ranked 16,842^nd in the world and 4^th in Greece for Largest Governments, scoring 31.21 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.