The Free Land of Rantanplan is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 4.529 billion Rantanplanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 20.5%.

The Rantanplanian economy, worth 187 trillion Dog foods a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 41,393 Dog foods, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Comedians who make offensive jokes have their ticket proceeds seized, students who refuse to pray are expelled from school, creating dance remixes is the newest form of conspicuous consumption, and rumor has it that Leader has won three lotteries in a row. Crime is moderate. Rantanplan's national animal is the Rantanplan, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Rantanplan is ranked 123,230^th in the world and 5^th in Bande dessinee for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,676.04 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.