The Republic of Raul4 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.971 billion Raul4ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 79.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Raul4ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,106 trillion guilders a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 264,239 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Appendix transplant figures have recently doubled, the transit system is throwing poor people under the bus, new pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes, and prodigal children celebrate as charitable bequests plummet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Raul4's national animal is the beaver, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Raul4 is ranked 117,427^th in the world and 4,385^th in Lazarus for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,188.99 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.