The Democratic Republic of Rhowdin is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Duncan Fox with an even hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.555 billion Rhowdinians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Roriville. The average income tax rate is 57.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Rhowdinian economy, worth 112 trillion Rhown Marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 72,059 Rhown Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Murderers facing life in prison listen to long sermons on positive thinking, strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices, men who wear pink are seen as dangerously unmanly, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rhowdin's national animal is the Raven, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Rhowdin is ranked 35,350^th in the world and 2,381^st in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 79.81 law-abiding acts per hour.