The Empire of Rakhman is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, prohibition of alcohol, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.918 billion Rakhmanis 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novinsk. The average income tax rate is 43.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Rakhmanian economy, worth 194 trillion Rakhs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 101,443 Rakhs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

People often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, the importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, a major religion has been named as Rakhman's national religion, and Leader has been known to threaten dissenting citizens with a machine gun at press conferences. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rakhman's national animal is the Moose.

Rakhman is ranked 133,904^th in the world and 519^th in Concord for Safest, scoring 66.37 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.