The Empire of The Running Man is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Cory Summers with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 17.914 billion Running Manians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Runner's city. The average income tax rate is 95.4%.

The powerhouse Running Manian economy, worth a remarkable 2,453 trillion Track Spikes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 136,983 Track Spikes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cory Summers's opponents have adopted dogs to chase away the mailman, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated, and factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Running Man's national animal is the Road Runner, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Running.

The Running Man is ranked 33,567^th in the world and 1,543^rd in Osiris for Most Developed, scoring 81.56 on the Human Development Index.