The Cafe Americaine of Rick Blaine is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its public floggings, frequent executions, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 31.882 billion Blaineans 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 tiny, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.5%.

The all-consuming Rick Blaine economy, worth a remarkable 2,149 trillion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 67,417 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 458,356 per year while the poor average 3,622, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Gun ownership is compulsory, record sales of 'child-whacking sticks' have been recorded, the children of Rick Blaine are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, and phone taps are frequently carried out by the police. Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Rick Blaine's national animal is the Exit Visa, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Rick Blaine is ranked 153,335^th in the world and 2^nd in Casablanca for Most Patriotic, with 11.26 flags saluted per person per day.