The Rogue Nation of Rust is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sigma with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 20.114 billion Rustians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Terminal. The income tax rate is 100%.

The all-consuming Rustian economy, worth a remarkable 3,565 trillion Gears a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 177,239 Gears, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Superfoods are often seen as supervillains, the government expresses surprisingly intense opinions on the use of whip pans, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, and arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rust's national animal is the magpie, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Rust is ranked 12,360^th in the world and 2^nd in Pawnsilvania for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 387.33 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.