The Republic of RSCA98 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, enslaved workforce, and national health service. The hard-working, democratic population of 9.059 billion RSCA98ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 76.2%.

The frighteningly efficient RSCA98ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,126 trillion cards a year, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 124,318 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Unemployed political consultants and advertisers spend every election night weeping for the good old days, exports are stamped with "made by the invisible hand you commies", punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements, and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. RSCA98's national animal is the stonks, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

RSCA98 is ranked 199,458^th in the world and 153^rd in racoda for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 29,587.77 Standard Monetary Units.