The Flavorful State of Rugai is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Supreme Leader Salamander Man with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 15.187 billion Gais are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 88.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Gai economy, worth a remarkable 1,620 trillion homosexuals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 106,723 homosexuals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Group photos of the members of parliament are often mistaken for family reunions, diplomatic cables about Supreme Leader Salamander Man have suddenly been very flattering, frat-house partying has become the national pastime, and science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rugai's national animal is the twink, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Gainess.

Rugai is ranked 119,549^th in the world and 3^rd in The Meme Must Go On for Most Patriotic, with 14.47 flags saluted per person per day.