The Republic of Relationships is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its digital currency, zero percent divorce rate, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working, democratic population of 10.883 billion Relationshipsians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, outspoken government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Education also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.0%.

The very strong Relationshipsian economy, worth 632 trillion ergergergs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Average income is 58,130 ergergergs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 256,695 per year while the poor average 8,242, a ratio of 31.1 to 1.

Leader has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished, the new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, dubiously qualified Skandilundian barristers keep referring to laws as 'government guidelines', and corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Relationships's national animal is the ergergerg.

Relationships is ranked 45,456^th in the world and 8^th in 555 for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,701.23 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.