The Grand Empire of Merciless Rossett is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Imperator Decimus with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 5.897 billion Rossettisian 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, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crescent Point. The average income tax rate is 84.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rossettisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,105 trillion Luna Signums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 187,482 Luna Signums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

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Merciless Rossett is ranked 184,336^th in the world and 22^nd in Selene for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 31.05 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.