The Wysterian Arkleseizure of Ruperts is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by President Zaphod Beeblebrox with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, smutty television, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 38.016 billion Rupertians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The minute government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Education, although Law & Order, Industry, and Defense are also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stavromula Beta. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Rupertsian economy, worth an astonishing 10,635 trillion Thumbs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 279,757 Thumbs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The government is deliberately installing bloatware onto computers, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, the new cheese tax is colloquially known as "wheel welfare", and sailors spend their shore leave helping old ladies cross the street. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ruperts's national animal is the Babel Fish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Ruperts is ranked 91,431^st in the world and 73^rd in Yggdrasil for Most Politically Free, scoring 67.24 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.