The Stygian Malignancy of Rethan is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by REDACTED with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, smutty television, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 38.726 billion Pathogenic are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Industry also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of REDACTED. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Pathogenic economy, worth an astonishing 15,353 trillion colours a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an amazing 396,466 colours, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,620,909 per year while the poor average 23,143, a ratio of 113 to 1.

Gun-wielding criminals always wear appropriate eye and ear protection, veterans' meet-ups involve a lot of tail sniffing, both illness and poverty are seen as signs of low moral worth, and the police think a properly conducted criminal investigation is a real pain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Rethan's national animal is the Eaters of Worlds, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Rethan is ranked 2,180^th in the world and 1^st in Limitless Universe for Most Patriotic, with 95.92 flags saluted per person per day.