The Golden State of Rainengrad is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Wiffen Niemeyer with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, sprawling nuclear power plants, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cheerful population of 21.594 billion Rainengradians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Franaberline. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Rainengradian economy, worth a remarkable 8,954 trillion Lexells a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 414,663 Lexells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Entomologists flock to Franaberline for its remarkable gadfly population, the government throws money at problems when in a jam, every computer glitch triggers an immediate counter-espionage response, and unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims. Crime is totally unknown. Rainengrad's national animal is the golden gator, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Sunshowerism.

Rainengrad is ranked 28,731^st in the world and 534^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 86.27 law-abiding acts per hour.