The Intermission of Radicaster is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Duke Albrecht Hermann XXVIII with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 7.064 billion Radicastrians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aychburg. The average income tax rate is 13.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Radicastrian economy, worth a remarkable 2,025 trillion pieces of paper a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 286,761 pieces of paper, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

The streets are ravaged by murder and violence to prove political points, brazen mayors claim official expenses to pay for their drug habits, firebombing politicians' offices has become a common way of expressing dissatisfaction, and children who believe in the tooth fairy are frequently shipped off to Bigtopia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Radicaster's national animal is the paper airplane, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Aychism.

Radicaster is ranked 208,532^nd in the world and 10,129^th in The North Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 2.7 Percentage Of Bribes Refused.