The Empire of Ruztips is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by The Enforcer with an iron fist, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.451 billion Ruztipsians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sicurez. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Ruztipsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,564 trillion Rutzes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an amazing 209,999 Rutzes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Raccoons are plump and satiated, fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, the government is buying children's books by the thousands, and resident physicians are said to have a silver scalpel in their hands. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ruztips's national animal is the Sea barnacle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ruztips is ranked 576^th in the world and 3^rd in Declansburg for Most Developed, scoring 99.02 on the Human Development Index.