The United Socialist States of Rothesia is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, national health service, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate population of 492 million Rothesians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 34.6%.

The thriving Rothesian economy, worth 40.3 trillion Sandorias a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,897 Sandorias, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

A shocking number of estate planners are beneficiaries of their clients' wills, cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high, the nation is infamous for its mass graves of discarded robots, and park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rothesia's national animal is the Horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Rothesia is ranked 21,369^th in the world and 397^th in Europe for Nicest Citizens, with 22.05 average smiles per day.