The Armed Republic of R78 is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, ubiquitous missile silos, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 626 million R78ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Narjo c city. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.2%.

The powerhouse R78ian economy, worth 54.5 trillion R78 cus a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 87,080 R78 cus, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 258,535 per year while the poor average 23,009, a ratio of 11.2 to 1.

Fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, Michelin-star chefs are being called on to prepare menus for six-year-olds, wood-framed catapults are ready to launch diseased corpses into besieged cities, and a blood-red mark on the doorframe means a building must be passed over for destruction. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. R78's national animal is the Chicken, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

R78 is ranked 136,538^th in the world and 2,908^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 693.78 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.