The Unified Prefectures of Russet Haven is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Prefect Thomm with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 9.951 billion Russet Havenians 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. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Orchard. The average income tax rate is 73.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Russet Havenian economy, worth 549 trillion Russins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,251 Russins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Stony-faced prosecutors play loud gangster rap music during court proceedings, athletic teenagers are among the wealthiest members of society, third world countries are rich in "I Love The Orchard" t-shirts, and multiple births are a cause of celebration for tax collectors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Russet Haven's national animal is the Ghost Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Russet Haven is ranked 76,439^th in the world and 73^rd in Forest for Most Primitive, scoring 32.57 on the Scary Big Number Scale.