The United Kingdom of Rowans Bog is a titanic, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 11.178 billion Rowans Bogians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 59.0%.

The powerhouse Rowans Bogian economy, worth 872 trillion Pies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 78,052 Pies, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

This year's televised Budget Forecast has been cancelled because there was already one last year, every noble family has a 'personal file' on record courtesy of the central intelligence service, all artwork is carefully screened for offensive material, and behind every great person are three dozen other people passing great memos. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rowans Bog's national animal is the Puker, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Rowans Bog is ranked 298,299^th in the world and 33^rd in The Brotherhood of Malice for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -10.58 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.