The Republic of Rothfaust is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, avant-garde cinema, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 8.024 billion Rothfaustians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Industry, although Education and Administration are also considered important, while Environment and Law & Order receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Rothfaustian economy, worth a remarkable 2,962 trillion currencies a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Gambling, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 369,186 currencies, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,118,504 per year while the poor average 8,081, a ratio of 385 to 1.

Ruff times are ahead for those who aren't keen on party costumes, the transition from trojan horses to regular old horses is on track, major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason, and this year's televised Budget Forecast has been cancelled because there was already one last year. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Rothfaust's national animal is the animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Rothfaust is ranked 47,070^th in the world and 36^th in Vickenian experiment incubator for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 1,495.98 on the Societal Mobility Rating.