The People's Republic of The Rio Grande River Basin is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President Elizabeth Warren with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.44 billion Rio Grandeans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Washington DC. The average income tax rate is 88.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Rio Grande River Basinian economy, worth 151 trillion Rio Grandean pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 105,287 Rio Grandean pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The suicide rate mysteriously skyrockets during census years, drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, there's nothing more gay than bleeding for your nation, and pretending to be prejudiced is a good way to get out of jury duty. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Rio Grande River Basin's national animal is the Capybara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Rio Grande River Basin is ranked 296,418^th in the world and 2^nd in Election Administration Unit for Most Primitive, scoring -305.35 on the Scary Big Number Scale.