The Empire of Imperial Rustan is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Ronan with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 5.987 billion Rustanians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bildon City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.9%.

The strong Imperial Rustanian economy, worth 350 trillion Weights a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 58,510 Weights, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

The government is avowedly secular, traffic cops are puzzled to see that nobody exceeds the speed limits, people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size, and getting a blood transfusion from a Rustanian entitles a foreigner to citizenship. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate. Imperial Rustan's national animal is the Horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Imperial Rustan is ranked 19,849^th in the world and 7^th in Audinesca for Nicest Citizens, with 22.81 average smiles per day.