The Althing of Ratateague is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, soft-spoken computers, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 17.23 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, liberal, 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 6,113 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 354,827 labor credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security, stone wrist watches that weigh 20lb are the latest trend, and moonshine has made a resurgence. 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 169,255^th in the world and 341^st in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Largest Soda Pop Sector, scoring -36.88 on the Addison-Fukk Productivity Rating.