The Free Land of The Relatively Large Fish is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, ritual sacrifices, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 275 million Relatively Large Fishers enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Spirituality, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 30.0%.

The very strong Relatively Large Fishian economy, worth 20.7 trillion Fish 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 slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Basket Weaving, Gambling, and Information Technology. 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 75,379 Fish, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

The government-run newspapers insist that everything is fine, colonial subjects have Relatively Large Fishian culture shoved down their throats, every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, and anti-government web sites are springing up. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. The Relatively Large Fish's national animal is the Relatively Large Fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

The Relatively Large Fish is ranked 260,255^th in the world and 18^th in The Red Plains for Safest, scoring 13.19 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.