The Empire of Rengakure is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 11.741 billion Rengakureans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 82.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rengakurean economy, worth a remarkable 1,713 trillion Rencoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 145,975 Rencoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It turns out that trees grow on Rencoins, 'Totally Not Partisan News' is a line item on the government budget, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime is totally unknown. Rengakure's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Rengakure is ranked 3,310^th in the world and 72^nd in the Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 201 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.