The Mysterious Black Hole of Roless is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The High Queen of Roless with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 16.684 billion Rolessians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order is also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atchta. The average income tax rate is 99.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Rolessian economy, worth a remarkable 9,461 trillion Rezzats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 567,106 Rezzats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Roless isn't what it used to be, there are increasing complaints that male AI assistants have aggressive voices, keeping the lights on keeps the lights on for increasing amounts of Rolessians, and digital novelty coins make for surprising vanguards of the revolution. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Roless's national animal is the Funky Badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Funkyism.

Roless is ranked 332,264^th in the world and 294^th in Forest for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 6.89 on the Kitten Softness Rating.