The Republic of Raul35 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, avowedly heterosexual populace, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 4.572 billion Raul35ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 92.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Raul35ian economy, worth 940 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 205,621 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft, parents are relieved they no longer need to help with their kids' algebra homework, the government is a proud sponsor of the National Gaming Association, and Raul35's first free elections in recent memory have been successfully concluded. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Raul35's national animal is the kiwi, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Raul35 is ranked 1,866^th in the world and 40^th in the South Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 1,527 trillion Standard Monetary Units.