The Revolutionary Government of Radicaster is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Regent Hyong Sung-Jin with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 16.672 billion Kasterians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda, while International Aid and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gwangseong. The average income tax rate is 90.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Kasterian economy, worth a remarkable 8,989 trillion Kasterian won 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. 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 a breathtaking 539,171 Kasterian won, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

A crusade against barbaric religious practices has begun, cleaners are very careful not to bump into the big red button on Regent Hyong Sung-Jin's desk, no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, and failed genetic experiments wreak havoc as they roam the countryside. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Radicaster's national animal is the 152 mm shell, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is atheism.

Radicaster is ranked 3,512^th in the world and 89^th in The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 11,104.03 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.