The Democratic Republic of Rushenberg is a huge, safe nation, notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 625 million Rushenbergs 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rausch City. The average income tax rate is 61.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Rushenbergian economy, worth 61.5 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,400 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Incidents involving lethal string attacks have gone way up, citizens simply have to point a weapon at a government official to get what they want, carpet bombing has decimated Brasilistan's landscape and population, and the nation's air missiles have killed thousands of Brasilistan military personnel. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rushenberg's national animal is the pig, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Rushenberg is ranked 2,558^th in the world and 9^th in Thaecia for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 8,691.73 on the Hickory Productivity Index.