The People's Republic of Rad Asia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Powerless Queen Jenna with an even hand, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 10.893 billion Rad Asians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Panda City. The average income tax rate is 94.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Rad Asian economy, worth a remarkable 1,288 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 118,243 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, thieves find battery shops juicier targets than banks, the nation's museums are real penny-pinchers, and Powerless Queen Jenna always arrives fashionably late and smelling of mushrooms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rad Asia's national animal is the panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rad Asia is ranked 13,643^rd in the world and 325^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 346.69 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.