The Armed Republic of Rod 182 is a massive, safe nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 1.062 billion Rod 182ians 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 69.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Rod 182ian economy, worth 7.13 trillion Rods a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Basket Weaving. Average income is 6,716 Rods, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rod 182's national animal is the Gun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rod 182 is ranked 269,832^nd in the world and 171^st in RAILGUN for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -5.51 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.