The Republic of Raefe is a large, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 198 million Raefeans, 188 million of whom are zombies, are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 29.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Raefean economy, worth 14.5 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,285 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Farmers have taken to hunting billionaires who encroach on their land, Raefe has designated Raefe City as its capital city, modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes, and conspiracy theorists allege Raefe City's new subway map resembles Satanic symbols. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Raefe's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Raefe is ranked 107,750^th in the world and 313^th in Starlight for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 257.42 on the Clooney Contribution Index.