The Second Chance of RU-486 is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 45.568 billion RU-486ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government prioritizes Welfare, although Education, Healthcare, and Industry are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 47.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but inefficient RU-486ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,599 trillion prescriptions a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 35,111 prescriptions, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Supreme Court Justices are considered a delicacy, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, the government is avowedly atheist, and euthanasia is legal. Crime is totally unknown. RU-486's national animal is the Supreme Court Justice, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

RU-486 is ranked 110,465^th in the world and 12^th in The Atheist Empire for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 80.93 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.