The Archduchy of Ruvensburg is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Archduke Siegemund II Heinz Karl Emil with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, national health service, and frequent executions. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.781 billion Ruvens are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ruvensburg City. The average income tax rate is 49.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Ruvensburgian economy, worth 158 trillion ruvemarks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,274 ruvemarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Matryoshka dolls resembling nested Death Stars are commonly sold, news headlines suggest that Archduke Siegemund II Heinz Karl Emil has a sideline in guinea pig pimping, there's never enough space in space, and airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ruvensburg's national animal is the Rockhopper Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ruvensburg is ranked 301,291^st in the world and 11,374^th in Osiris for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -12.4 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.