The Rewilding of Ruinenlust is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Rex Silvae with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 22.06 billion Rūins 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 relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Δενδρώπολις. The average income tax rate is 60.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rūined economy, worth a remarkable 5,100 trillion Runes a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 231,223 Runes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

A popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street", administrative districts are increasingly defined by their taste in housing architecture, signatures have been replaced with illegible scribbles, and third world countries are rich in "I Love Δενδρώπολις" t-shirts. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Ruinenlust's national animal is the Felis catus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ruinenlust is ranked 104,378^th in the world and 71^st in Forest for Largest Black Market, with 2.30 trillion Standard Monetary Units.