The Second Interstellar Imperium of New Raffica is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Supreme Chancellor Marcelo Fontelli with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 22.836 billion New Rafficians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zeninberg. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient New Raffician economy, worth a remarkable 3,974 trillion New Raffician Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 174,041 New Raffician Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's nothing more gay than bleeding for your nation, the well-to-do in Icarus are never on time for important appointments, you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health, and Zeninberg has restaurants serving every meat from aardvark to zebra. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Raffica's national animal is the Cockatiel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is non-existent.

New Raffica is ranked 7,271^st in the world and 2^nd in Icarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 182.26 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.