The Biotech Republic of The Ribosome Coast is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 752 million Ribosomians 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 Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Concordia. The average income tax rate is 77.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Ribosomian economy, worth 59.0 trillion helices a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,456 helices, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, intelligence agencies frequently invite passers-by into their secret vaults for tea and biscuits, bus ads propagandize causes ranging from sexual revolution to religious pogroms, and war is made in the name of love. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Ribosome Coast's national animal is the octopus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

The Ribosome Coast is ranked 68,070^th in the world and 829^th in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 71.35 on the Human Development Index.