The Republic of Atras Raland is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Jesus Christ with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.06 billion Atranians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Terra Novum. The average income tax rate is 78.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Atras Ralandian economy, worth 127 trillion Atros a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,845 Atros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Orphanages are closing their doors as the government forces parents to actually raise their children, Jesus Christ's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition, Ollie the Oiled Seal welcomes throngs of tourists to the newly opened Oil Oasis Water Park, and small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Atras Raland's national animal is the Sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Atras Raland is ranked 13,668^th in the world and 586^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 54.3 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.