The International State of ROLASS is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by President-Emperor Rolass with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, lack of airports, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 27.723 billion Rolassias are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reda. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Rolassian economy, worth a remarkable 9,769 trillion Slavic Zloties a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 352,405 Slavic Zloties, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Midnight raids drag couples from their homes in the name of decency, the long arm of the law possesses a rather slow hand, getting an autograph has become harder than ever, and patients often wonder which is more annoying: their excruciating pain or their doctor incessantly praying over it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ROLASS's national animal is the Griffin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Rolassian Roman Catholicism.

ROLASS is ranked 72,444^th in the world and 4^th in New World Alliance for Most Corrupt Governments, with 24.19 kickbacks per hour.