The Empire of Ranina is a mid-sized, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 67 million Raninans enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 49.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Raninan economy, worth 2.02 trillion colitita de ranas a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 30,153 colitita de ranas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, Harry Potter books are banned, and the government's suicide hotline now redirects callers to local tax lawyers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ranina's national animal is the frog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ranina is ranked 263,693^rd in the world and 8^th in Autistss for Smartest Citizens, with 20.2 quips per hour.