The Colony of Robert perlson is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, free-roaming dinosaurs, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 590 million Robert perlsonians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The strong Robert perlsonian economy, worth 21.0 trillion guilders a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is dominated by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Trout Farming, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 35,533 guilders, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 225,756 per year while the poor average 2,315, a ratio of 97.5 to 1.

The Coast Guard is pioneering a quixotic program to train fish, drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth, kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history, and a handful of megacorporations own every "craft brewery" in the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Robert perlson's national animal is the horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Robert perlson is ranked 293,741^st in the world and 240^th in Covenant Shores for Most Authoritarian, with 20.02 milliStalins.