The Democratic States of Raeda is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical, humorless population of 1.191 billion Raedans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.7%.

The powerhouse Raedan economy, worth 91.3 trillion snails a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 76,620 snails, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 239,157 per year while the poor average 18,848, a ratio of 12.7 to 1.

The term cold case has taken on a very literal meaning, human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections, and immigrants are required to salute the flag five times a day. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Raeda's national animal is the owl, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Raeda is ranked 272,028^th in the world and 40^th in The Frontier of Brittania for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -7.24 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.