The Democratic Republic of Richmond Union is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Joseph McCollum with an even hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.177 billion Richmondites have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Richmond Union City. The average income tax rate is 32.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Richmond Unionian economy, worth 94.3 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. Average income is 80,112 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, the nation's war memorials are being torn down and replaced with peace gardens, factories grind to a halt every time there is an election, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Richmond Union's national animal is the dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Richmond Union is ranked 10,200^th in the world and 188^th in the West Pacific for Safest, scoring 119.42 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.