The Dictatorship of Sam Rutherford is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, aversion to nipples, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working, cynical population of 7.499 billion Sam Rutherfordians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.2%.

The very strong Sam Rutherfordian economy, worth 435 trillion Phasers a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,067 Phasers, with the richest citizens earning 9.1 times as much as the poorest.

The newest East Lebatuckese coins have "long live East Lebatuck" on heads and "death to Sam Rutherford" on tails, astronomers are flocking to Sam Rutherford to take advantage of its clear night skies, jail house rock has been replaced with jail house golden oldies, and factories grind to a halt every time there is an election. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sam Rutherford's national animal is the Robot Dog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sam Rutherford is ranked 89,994^th in the world and 79^th in Bytes for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,285.37 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.