The Community of Rasenne is a large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 130 million Rasenneans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 64.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Rasennean economy, worth 1.94 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Book Publishing. Average income is 14,911 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Chain-gangs are often seen toting barges and lifting bales, translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, and money grows on trees. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rasenne's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rasenne is ranked 289,326^th in the world and 9^th in The Outer Rim for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.19 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.