The RVARC of Cerata is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Whoppenheimer with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, vat-grown people, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 7.918 billion Ceratans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Los alamos. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Ceratan economy, worth a remarkable 1,625 trillion Santa sleighs a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 205,288 Santa sleighs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, a flying elephant and Whoppenheimer share the same nickname, and political spontaneity takes a lot of planning. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cerata's national animal is the Reindeer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Barbieheimer.

Cerata is ranked 289,998^th in the world and 145^th in Institute of Cellulose for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -18.31 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.