The Rogue Nation of The Red Tharsis is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.027 billion Red Tharsisians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Olympa. The average income tax rate is 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Red Tharsisian economy, worth 167 trillion Dustings a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,354 Dustings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Local mafias have a tough time disposing of dead snitches without catching the attention of recycling authorities, reports of attacks by bright purple sixty-foot high spiders have recently shot up, aspiring pilots must be personally vetted by the Minister of Transportation before receiving their license, and the government is ignoring the latest terrorist atrocities in Olympa for fear of causing a fuss. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Red Tharsis's national animal is the Mechhound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Red Tharsis is ranked 244,330^th in the world and 5,049^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.6 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.