The Lucky Gold Holy Christmas of Rhalzcairia is a massive, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.142 billion Rhalzcairians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Rhalzcairian economy, worth 702 trillion Gold Bars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 169,710 Gold Bars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, hymns sung by popular choirs top the billboard charts, and pocket dialling is a criminal offence. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rhalzcairia's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Athyism.

Rhalzcairia is ranked 61,938^th in the world and 1^st in Rhalzcairiauznhia for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 4,324.35 on the Hickory Productivity Index.