The Republic of Rung is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 24.725 billion Rungians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 66.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Rungian economy, worth 506 trillion Dollars 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 black market in Basket Weaving, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. 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 20,472 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is avowedly atheist, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, and same-sex marriages are increasingly common. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rung's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rung is ranked 92,133^rd in the world and 80^th in Anarchy for Most Beautiful Environments, with 576.79 pounds of wildlife per square mile.