The District of Roab is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 28.433 billion Roabians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Education, Defense, and Public Transport are also considered important, while Welfare and Healthcare aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.0%.

The thriving Roabian economy, worth a remarkable 1,417 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 49,864 betales, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 250,820 per year while the poor average 5,540, a ratio of 45.3 to 1.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, voting is voluntary, and the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Roab's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Roab is ranked 115,243^rd in the world and 2^nd in New Delhi for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,868.06 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.