The Republic of Raktus is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, cynical population of 6.113 billion Raktusians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, although Defense, Healthcare, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.0%.

The thriving Raktusian economy, worth 373 trillion rubledollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Gambling, and Book Publishing. Average income is 61,084 rubledollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 209,566 per year while the poor average 13,067, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem. Raktus's national animal is the hawk, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Raktus is ranked 296,862^nd in the world and 3,949^th in Hispano Germanic Alliance for Largest Governments, scoring 7.14 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.