The Republic of Objects In The Rear View Mirror is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its closed borders, soft-spoken computers, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.516 billion Objects In The Rear View Mirrorians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Objects In The Rear View Mirrorian economy, worth 185 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 122,669 pesos, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 473,686 per year while the poor average 21,818, a ratio of 21.7 to 1.

Leader claims tax rises are the result of 'curses', even the nation's brussel sprouts are delicious and nutritious, Leader's media campaigns take a hiatus around exam week, and whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Objects In The Rear View Mirrorian Embarrassments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Objects In The Rear View Mirror's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Objects In The Rear View Mirror is ranked 53,510^th in the world and 8^th in Meat Loaf for Most Developed, scoring 76.46 on the Human Development Index.