The Watchmen of Rorschach is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, zero percent divorce rate, and state-planned economy. The compassionate population of 34.258 billion Rorschachians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 87.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Rorschachian economy, worth a remarkable 2,081 trillion pounds of flesh a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is 60,757 pounds of flesh, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, murder victims' families receive windfall payouts when the murderers are executed, toddlers are wielding machine guns in the name of national defense, and birth rates have hit an all-time low. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rorschach's national animal is the buzzard, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Rorschach is ranked 160,642^nd in the world and 153^rd in Texas for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -17.44 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.