The Republic of Rettverborg is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its daily referendums, otherworldly petting zoo, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 692 million Rettverborgians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Opphøyetby. The average income tax rate is 62.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rettverborgian economy, worth 61.7 trillion Rettver Kroner a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 89,152 Rettver Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go, a formerly quiet little town is now booming as both a cult centre and a tourist attraction, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, and the name of the "Butcher of Bigtopia" adorns shirts across Rettverborg. Crime is totally unknown. Rettverborg's national animal is the platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Rettverborg is ranked 69,405^th in the world and 1,592^nd in The North Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 89,152.6 Standard Monetary Units.