The United Mangrove Archipelago of Ransium is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Scipio with an even hand, and remarkable for its lack of airports, daily referendums, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 31.639 billion Ransites are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Environment, although Healthcare, Social Policy, and Industry are also considered important, while Education and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mangrove City. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Ransiumian economy, worth a remarkable 6,713 trillion Cloyns a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 212,175 Cloyns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crossing the road requires a risk assessment, the country is rumored to be a Brancalandian puppet state, Scipio claims tax rises are the result of 'curses', and Ransium is renowned for its lax gun laws. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Ransium's national animal is the Tiger Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Mangrovism.

Ransium is ranked 24^th in the world and 2^nd in Forest for Most Beautiful Environments, with 13,646.3 Pounds Of Wildlife Per Square Mile.