The State of Rae Noble is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 36.079 billion Rae Nobleans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The minute government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, with Environment, Defense, and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 7.3%.

The very strong Rae Noblean economy, worth a remarkable 1,376 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 38,142 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, Rae Noble has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Rae Noble in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Rae Noble's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rae Noble is ranked 202,446^th in the world and 578^th in United States of America for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3.61 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.