The Republic of Rasbaria is a mid-sized, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, devout population of 78 million Rasbarians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 51.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Rasbarian economy, worth 1.71 trillion Rasbs 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 dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 21,876 Rasbs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, a valid legal defense is 'dead men tell no tales', elections have been outlawed, and the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rasbaria's national animal is the Hawk.

Rasbaria is ranked 68,734^th in the world and 1^st in Raspberry Commune for Most Cultured, scoring 69 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.