The State of Ray is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 29.344 billion Rayians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.9%.

The very strong Rayian economy, worth a remarkable 1,251 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 42,646 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 289,946 per year while the poor average 2,291, a ratio of 126 to 1.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, military funding has been stripped back, and Ray has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Ray's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ray is ranked 658^th in the world and 1^st in Vientiane for Most Extreme, scoring 50.33 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.