The Empire of Rakhman is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its avowedly heterosexual populace, public floggings, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.859 billion Rakhmanis are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novinsk. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.4%.

The all-consuming Rakhmanian economy, worth 195 trillion Rakhs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 104,987 Rakhs, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

People often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, the importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, a major religion has been named as Rakhman's national religion, and Leader has been known to threaten dissenting citizens with a machine gun at press conferences. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rakhman's national animal is the Moose.

Rakhman is ranked 167,798^th in the world and 502^nd in Concord for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 319.11 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.