The Armed Republic of Rod 183 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The cynical population of 1.065 billion Rod 183ians 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 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Rod 183ian economy, worth 7.60 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 dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 7,135 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 well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rod 183's national animal is the Gun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rod 183 is ranked 214,948^th in the world and 103^rd in RAILGUN for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 274.96 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.