The Kingdom of River Rats is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 19.287 billion River Ratters enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Lobster. The average income tax rate is 66.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant River Ratsian economy, worth 292 trillion Baseballs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 15,115 Baseballs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every politician claims to be at least 1% Native River Ratsian, meat-eating is frowned upon, the pursuit of wanted criminals ends at the entrance of the pay'n'spray garage as police refuse to enter any private property, and the children of River Rats are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence. Crime is totally unknown. River Rats's national animal is the River rat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

River Rats is ranked 53,477^th in the world and 22^nd in The Maritimes for Smartest Citizens, with 42.5 quips per hour.