The People's Republic of Rad Asia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 219 million Rad Asians 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 Administration. The average income tax rate is 74.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Rad Asian economy, worth 10.4 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, and Trout Farming. Average income is 47,345 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, there have been reports of people marrying housepets, a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, and orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rad Asia's national animal is the panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rad Asia is ranked 107,542^nd in the world and 4,072^nd in the South Pacific for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -5 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.