The Republic of Raphael Varane is a huge, safe nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cynical population of 506 million Raphael Varaneans 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 Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.1%.

The powerhouse Raphael Varanean economy, worth 42.5 trillion Gameses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 84,090 Gameses, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 316,640 per year while the poor average 15,572, a ratio of 20.3 to 1.

Scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays, patriots insist that size does matter, human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, and teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Raphael Varane's national animal is the Player, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Raphael Varane is ranked 283,688^th in the world and 483^rd in Edoca for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 24.87 on the Bus Surprisal Index.