The Allied States of Rotov is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, daily referendums, and compulsory vegetarianism. The hard-nosed, devout population of 629 million Rotovians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Law & Order, although Education, Environment, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Meowville. The average income tax rate is 26.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Rotovian economy, worth 31.7 trillion Catnips 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 a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Gambling, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 50,407 Catnips, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Talking during class is a gateway to lifelong drug addiction, Cat sanctuaries have been taken over by hydraulic fracturing sites, it's a miracle that there aren't more plane crashes, and children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rotov's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rotov is ranked 55,187^th in the world and 2^nd in Norwegian forest cats street cats friend for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,011.2 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.