The Armed Republic of Rattus Umbrus is a huge, safe nation, ruled by Grigori Ratsputin with an even hand, and renowned for its parental licensing program, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 907 million Rattus Umbrusians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Administration, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shadow Rat City. The average income tax rate is 59.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Rattus Umbrusian economy, worth 87.6 trillion marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,568 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new one mark coin also makes a handy throwing-star, some of the country's most famous photographers are animals, they say that Rattus Umbrusians made a dessert and called it peace, and the military has gone fission for more funding. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rattus Umbrus's national animal is the Vorpal Rat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rattus Umbrus is ranked 17,302^nd in the world and 302^nd in the West Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,127.41 pounds of wildlife per square mile.