The Federal Republic of Runate is a small, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 40 million Runateans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 20.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Runatean economy, worth 2.06 trillion Teans a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,523 Teans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Interest in globalism never flags, uploading purple prose to social media earns a place on a government watchlist, election ballot papers are so long that unused ones are recycled as toilet roll, and the importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age. Crime is totally unknown. Runate's national animal is the Kiwi, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Runate is ranked 59,607^th in the world and 11^th in 2026 AP CoGo for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 47.2 on the Kitten Softness Rating.