The Dominion of The ROB is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its compulsory military service, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 578 million ROBians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.7%.

The powerhouse ROBian economy, worth 48.1 trillion Gyros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 83,251 Gyros, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 326,340 per year while the poor average 14,450, a ratio of 22.6 to 1.

Nerdy teenagers have to prove that they're made of the same stuff as their grandparents, the tinfoil-hat crowd also recommend tinfoil wallets, favourite sermons have replaced campfire horror stories on teenage wilderness trips, and gossip magazines have been replaced by mask catalogs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The ROB's national animal is the Mini Gyros, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The ROB is ranked 153,157^th in the world and 9,903^rd in Lazarus for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,518.62 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.