The People's Republic of Randgola is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its public floggings, enslaved workforce, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.199 billion Randgolans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sunderland. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Randgolan economy, worth 149 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 124,720 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 462,686 per year while the poor average 23,647, a ratio of 19.6 to 1.

Pet owners make sure their dogs wear diapers, concussed Rattlesnakeball players cannot remember their lineup position, the moon's craters are more numerous every day, and military pistols are more secure than the national treasury. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Randgola's national animal is the Rattlesnake, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Randgola is ranked 42,637^th in the world and 1,269^th in the South Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 41.01 quips per hour.