The Protectorate of Rteaste is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its frequent executions and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.551 billion Rteasteans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.6%.

The Rteastean economy, worth 110 trillion Deneroes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 43,203 Deneroes, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

All government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Rteaste City, open-heart surgery is taught in seminaries, there are no minimum wage laws, and the police double as repo men. Crime is a problem. Rteaste's national animal is the Black Bear, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Rteaste is ranked 171,676^th in the world and 22^nd in The Forge for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 987.72 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.