The United Socialist States of Red state of redosia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by brye with an even hand, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol, state-planned economy, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 18.266 billion redosians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Red city. The average income tax rate is 86.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Red state of redosian economy, worth a remarkable 1,961 trillion runes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 107,363 runes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students who do not recite the national anthem each morning have to drop and give their teacher 50, the nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet, the number of judges has tripled in recent months, and the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Red state of redosia's national animal is the red lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is old religion.

Red state of redosia is ranked 268,035^th in the world and 33^rd in USSR for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 39.33 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.