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The State of Roseaux is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 39.98 billion Roseauxians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, with Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Law & Order aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dominion Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.4%.

The powerhouse Roseauxian economy, worth a remarkable 1,722 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and dominated by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is 43,085 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 292,927 per year while the poor average 2,315, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, Roseaux has designated Dominion Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Roseaux in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Roseaux's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Roseaux is ranked 118,454^th in the world and 1^st in Baba Yaga for Most Developed, scoring 58.37 on the Human Development Index.