The Empire of Rae-Mi is a huge, safe nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 405 million Raeminese enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.6%.

The all-consuming Raeminese economy, worth 33.2 trillion Raemiese ₩ons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 81,937 Raemiese ₩ons, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 327,750 per year while the poor average 13,758, a ratio of 23.8 to 1.

The government is spending billions of Raemiese ₩ons on a fancy space probe to find a planet that may not even exist, government officials sit helplessly as they are labelled 'Pompous Womples' by celebrities, disposable antiseptic wipes are considered a social necessity, and children are seen fighting in the playground for bread scraps that fall out of diamond-encrusted lunchboxes. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rae-Mi's national animal is the Raeminese Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Rae-Mi is ranked 177,706^th in the world and 29^th in Republic of Nova Tero for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 1,176.52 on the Hickory Productivity Index.