The Republic of Ruby Tree is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Mage Consul with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 3.677 billion Ruby Treeans 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 Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Concorde Valley. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Ruby Treean economy, worth 503 trillion florins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 136,708 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Builders across Ruby Tree are blocked up with orders for new public loos, over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes, the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, and politicians and casino owners who so much as wander into the same room are arrested on the spot. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ruby Tree's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ruby Tree is ranked 4,504^th in the world and 8^th in The Frontier Sea for Longest Average Lifespans, with 93.08 years.