The Watchfires of Red A is a titanic, safe nation, renowned for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 24.76 billion Red Aians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 40.3%.

The large but inefficient Red Aian economy, worth 997 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,287 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens receive notices of disenfranchisement along with their parking tickets, late night adverts for breast milk co-ops regularly win pornography industry awards, the mentally ill are given high powered automatic weapons for "catharsis therapy", and being nicknamed "Orange Face" has done Leader's credibility no favours. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Red A's national animal is the Death's-head hawkmoth, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Red A is ranked 180,891^st in the world and 1^st in Red Army for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 87.62 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.