The United Socialist States of Rudak22 is a huge, pleasant nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ritual sacrifices, and stringent health and safety legislation. The devout population of 944 million Rudak22ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 34.5%.

The strong Rudak22ian economy, worth 53.6 trillion guilders a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,728 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

New pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes, biker gangs and fashionistas are converting to Violetism en masse, the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the highest court in the land, and when their backs are against the walls Rudak22ians look out for gay men. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rudak22's national animal is the dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Rudak22 is ranked 102,861^st in the world and 2,329^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,332.79 on the Gilded Widget Scale.