The Republic of Raul31 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, infamous sell-swords, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 9.442 billion Raul31ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 50.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Raul31ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,370 trillion deniers 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. 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 251,008 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Thousands of picky mothers-in-law have been recruited to serve as even pickier cookery instructors, arbitrary election rules are considered sacrosanct, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and the path to inner peace is paved with state-mandated punishment. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Raul31's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Raul31 is ranked 334,565^th in the world and 16,736^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 9 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.