The Königreich of The Ruby Ranch Republic is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Königin Erissa I von Helstein-Schau with an iron fist, and remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, compulsory military service, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.836 billion Rubans 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Warschau. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ruby Ranch Republician economy, worth a remarkable 3,917 trillion marks 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 a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Tourism. 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 an amazing 219,624 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The country's population is reported with a margin of error of several billions, a rebrand a day keeps the debt collectors away, children complain that school food is too flavorful, and state-manufactured hammers and sickles are here to stay. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Ruby Ranch Republic's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholic.

The Ruby Ranch Republic is ranked 292,321^st in the world and 134^th in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Fattest Citizens, with 5.49 Obesity Rate.