The Holy Empire of Rousay is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, zero percent divorce rate, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 375 million Orcadians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kirkwall. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.1%.

The very strong Rousayian economy, worth 36.0 trillion Bottlecaps a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,051 Bottlecaps, with the richest citizens earning 6.9 times as much as the poorest.

Customs turn away those considered to have an unfavourable ethnicity, restaurateurs put a lot of effort into persuading customers to accept wafer-thin mints, one year's corporation tax from three international megacorporations has funded one dozen shiny black pencils for Leader's office, and entomologists flock to Kirkwall for its remarkable gadfly population. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rousay's national animal is the Tammie Norrie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rousay is ranked 45,194^th in the world and 1^st in Orkney for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 21,881.03 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.