The Republic of Rocky Island is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its public floggings, infamous sell-swords, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, devout population of 3.033 billion Rocky Islandians 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 50.6%.

The powerhouse Rocky Islandian economy, worth 257 trillion Golds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 84,757 Golds, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, parents giddily refuse to pay their toddlers' medical bills, no animal is considered endangered if there's another that looks kind of like it, and scientists are researching the best way to kill off humanity to prevent catastrophic war. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rocky Island's national animal is the Clam, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Rocky Island is ranked 85,387^th in the world and 497^th in The grimy backyard of Bigej for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 94.44 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.