The People's Republic of Rakya is a tiny, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8 million Rakyans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Rakyan economy, worth 95.3 billion Davirs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 11,909 Davirs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting, preschoolers practice disarming active shooters before naptime, and women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rakya's national animal is the Mountain Chicken, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rakya is ranked 165,102^nd in the world and 2,577^th in The North Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 355.96 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.