The Democratic Republic of Rosage is a tiny, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 10 million Rosageans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Rosagean economy, worth 151 billion Diams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 15,150 Diams, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voting is compulsory, drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, terrorists are on a first name basis with the officials that stamp their passports, and nobody knows why the caged PBR sings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rosage's national animal is the PBR, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rosage is ranked 309,174^th in the world and 2,592^nd in the West Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 15,150.77 Standard Monetary Units.