The Republic of Rio Cana is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by General Rodriguez with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 37.376 billion Rio Canans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of São Luís. The average income tax rate is 62.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Rio Canan economy, worth a remarkable 2,761 trillion Rio Cana Pesos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,895 Rio Cana Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, collisions between bicycles and carnival floats are on the rise, most pop videos prominently feature the Rio Canan flag, and hot dogs have been renamed lukewarm pigs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rio Cana's national animal is the fer-de-lance, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Rio Cana is ranked 151,265^th in the world and 21^st in South America for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,491.55 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.