The Armed Republic of Rod 184 is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 1.068 billion Rod 184ians 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 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Rod 184ian economy, worth 6.87 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 led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 6,436 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 184's national animal is the Gun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rod 184 is ranked 302,465^th in the world and 205^th in RAILGUN for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -7.9 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.