The Republic of Romelis is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.725 billion Romelisians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 57.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Romelisian economy, worth 140 trillion Fidalians a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,476 Fidalians, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, the nation is renowned abroad for its love of blood and guts, political satirists and late night comedians weep as the government begins cleaning up its act, and coffee cups have grown in size to accommodate the huge ingredients list. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Romelis's national animal is the cheeta, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Romelis is ranked 112,580^th in the world and 5,865^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,109.22 on the Gilded Widget Scale.