The Republic of Rertonlienpeens is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its public floggings, ritual sacrifices, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.513 billion Rertonlienpeensians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 76.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Rertonlienpeensian economy, worth 904 trillion Yen a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 138,916 Yen, with the richest citizens earning 7.4 times as much as the poorest.

Census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, a crystal a day keeps the establishment away, new laws are ignored if they don't have a tabloid-style headline, and multiple births are a cause of celebration for tax collectors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rertonlienpeens's national animal is the Scorpion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Rertonlienpeens is ranked 16,556^th in the world and 918^th in Two for Lowest Crime Rates, with 92.68 law-abiding acts per hour.