The Socialist Republic of Rugenia is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Johannes with an iron fist, and remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, public floggings, and prohibition of alcohol. The compassionate, cynical population of 8.02 billion Rugenians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maregrad. The average income tax rate is 76.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Rugenian economy, worth 756 trillion Rugens a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,388 Rugens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Political debates are all but a distant memory, students select colleges based on wi-fi quality, whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, and kindhearted Rugenians generously pay taxes for citizens of other countries. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rugenia's national animal is the Arctic Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Rugenia is ranked 310,194^th in the world and 16,810^th in Lazarus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.