The Mountain Valley of Redlands City is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Paul W Foster with an iron fist, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, deadly medical pandemics, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8.106 billion Redlanders are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 35 Cajon St Redlands. The average income tax rate is 38.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Redlands economy, worth 469 trillion US Dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 57,874 US Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Redlanders caught jaywalking often have their houses seized by the police, students and teachers are regularly stopped and searched for symbols of religious affiliation before class, escalators are avoided at all costs, and the most common doctor's prescription is "get out of my consulting room". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Redlands City's national animal is the 73 800, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is San Bernardino County.

Redlands City is ranked 203,251^st in the world and 35^th in The Cities of Southern California for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 38.17 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.