The Republic of RSCA18 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its state-planned economy, infamous sell-swords, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working population of 9.065 billion RSCA18ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 87.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient RSCA18ian economy, worth 938 trillion cards a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 103,551 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Throwing a sickie is a serious crime, treason is relative, TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews, and weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. RSCA18's national animal is the stonks, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

RSCA18 is ranked 197,885^th in the world and 157^th in racoda for Most Corrupt Governments, with 1.39 kickbacks per hour.