The Republic of Atras Raland is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by JJ with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 3.258 billion Atranians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Terra Novum. The average income tax rate is 80.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Atras Ralandian economy, worth 205 trillion Atros a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 63,151 Atros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The default state for Atras Raland is default, barbers who trim a few inches of hair bill the government for their labor, Atras Raland's free colleges struggle to maintain standards in the face of overwhelming demand, and the long arm of the law possesses a rather slow hand. 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, and its national religion is Christianity.

Atras Raland is ranked 270,281^st in the world and 5,064^th in The North Pacific for Most Secular, with 11.65 Atheism Rate.