The SLUthing of Ratateague is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, rampant corporate plagiarism, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 24.918 billion Ratatekkers 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 medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Environment, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Defense and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Holtmímir. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Ratatasque economy, worth an astonishing 10,077 trillion labor credits 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 404,434 labor credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has spent days debating the merits of a petition calling for a ban on sporks, the nation is stuck in permanent election mode as politicians demand constant do-overs, posh restaurants scatter glass fragments on the dining room floor to keep out barefoot undesirables, and the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign governments' extravagances. Crime is totally unknown. Ratateague's national animal is the flying squirrel, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ratateague is ranked 234^th in the world and 2^nd in The Social Liberal Union for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 36,153.9 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.