The Althing of Ratateague is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 18.15 billion Ratatekkers are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Social Policy, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Holtmímir. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Ratatasque economy, worth a remarkable 6,580 trillion labor credits 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 led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an amazing 362,547 labor credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies, solid-gold toilets are Ratatasque prisons' least expensive furnishings, political scientists despair as the national mascot election eclipses all others in voter enthusiasm, and fat-shaming is now public policy. Crime is totally unknown. Ratateague's national animal is the flying squirrel, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ratateague is ranked 159,405^th in the world and 270^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Most Pro-Market, scoring -81.11 on the Rand Index.