The Community of Ravinge is a very large, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 373 million Ravingeans 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, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 71.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Ravingean economy, worth 17.8 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is 47,820 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cheese has become the new icon of political dissent, where there's a will there is usually a password manager, business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions, and offering a builder a cup of tea is a legal minefield. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ravinge's national animal is the rainwing, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ravinge is ranked 34,956^th in the world and 639^th in the South Pacific for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 71.76 Effective Tax Rate.