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The United Socialist States of Rothesia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Maria Kali with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, free-roaming dinosaurs, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate, hard-working population of 1.039 billion Rothesians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Estoria. The average income tax rate is 37.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rothesian economy, worth 102 trillion Sandorias a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 98,299 Sandorias, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government is attempting to revitalize a gutted private sector, sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors, museums have more touchscreens on display than artifacts, and parents are always up to speed on the latest childcare techniques. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Rothesia's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rothesia is ranked 210,096^th in the world and 151^st in Declansburg for Most Authoritarian, with 550.75 milliStalins.