The Federal Republic of El Rio De Juan is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Juan Rodríguez with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.258 billion Juanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Havana. The average income tax rate is 78.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Juanian economy, worth 155 trillion Rio Marks 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 led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 123,777 Rio Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, El Rio De Juan Barrier Island residents anxiously await their 'Bridge to Somewhere', politicians accost strangers in the street to ask their problems, and pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. El Rio De Juan's national animal is the Black Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Catholic Church.

El Rio De Juan is ranked 87,298^th in the world and 573^rd in 10000 Islands for Highest Economic Output, with 155 trillion Standard Monetary Units.