The Democratic Republic of Rockedia is a tiny, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 16 million Rockedians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.8%.

The powerhouse Rockedian economy, worth 1.03 trillion Souls a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 64,624 Souls, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 244,257 per year while the poor average 11,896, a ratio of 20.5 to 1.

Drug dealers have found themselves priced out by the government, wealthy Rockedians never seem to hear the doorbell, the government is lending a hand to private industry, and kids only know what plants are because they've seen them on the television. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force. Rockedia's national animal is the Corporate Slave, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Rockedia is ranked 292,857^th in the world and 72^nd in The Invaders for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 32.72 on the Kitten Softness Rating.