The Sultanate of The rus islands is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its fear of technology, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 580 million noobs 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Administration, Industry, and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Public Transport are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of principality of iopok. The average income tax rate is 59.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving noob economy, worth 45.4 trillion imported nooblandian robuxes a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 78,242 imported nooblandian robuxes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

There's a bright dawn ahead for The rus islands, 75% of the words in government-funded "Super Fun Maths Games" are probably inaccurate, political spontaneity takes a lot of planning, and doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The rus islands's national animal is the crown, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The rus islands is ranked 32,548^th in the world and 4^th in Newlandia for Most Patriotic, with 36.76 flags saluted per person per day.