The Republic of Rudastan is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Mates with a fair hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.709 billion Rudastanis are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tepia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Rudastani economy, worth a remarkable 2,577 trillion crowns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 240,705 crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hazardous waste now comes with multilingual death warnings, the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose, companies struggle to cover for the hordes of employees on parental leave, and the image of Rudastan's future is just a picture from last century. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Rudastan's national animal is the duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Rudastan is ranked 1,624^th in the world and 51^st in The East Pacific for Safest, scoring 147.59 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.