The Rat-Infested Hell Hole of Ratfrika is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Cheese Bloodgrinder with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, smutty television, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.328 billion Ratfrikans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Industry is also considered important, while Education and Environment aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Ratfrikan economy, worth 220 trillion krugerrats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 166,126 krugerrats, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,172,346 per year while the poor average 7,934, a ratio of 147 to 1.

Common misteaks slip threw as the Issues Editing Team adds issues by the hundread (Ratfrika has found 2 easter eggs), the only place where one can see the Ratfrikan cherry tree is in a museum, ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, and the Ratfrikan Tourism Bureau has described the abolition of coastal defences as a "kick to the groyne". Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Ratfrika's national animal is the rat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ratfrika is ranked 272,603^rd in the world and 45^th in The Local Cluster for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 37.04 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.