The Commonwealth of Runefel is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 12 million Fellans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The relatively small, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 22.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The developing Fellan economy, worth 457 billion rúns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,092 rúns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt, the government subsidizes those who produce the worst results, some of the country's most famous photographers are animals, and paranoid museum guards keep a lookout for any animated displays attempting to escape the premises after dark. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Runefel's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Runefel is ranked 39,813^th in the world and 481^st in The Leftist Assembly for Most Secular, with 27.32 Atheism Rate.