The GENERALLY HONOURABLE NATION of ROM is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by some dude named jeff with an iron fist, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, state-planned economy, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 23.053 billion Stans 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, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration are also considered important, while Education and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of an abandoned warehouse. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The frighteningly efficient ROMian economy, worth a remarkable 8,245 trillion Steaks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 357,661 Steaks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Voodoo economists believe that feeding criminals to volcanoes will bring untold riches to ROM, the "walk of shame" is now a daily public spectacle, napalm is the tool of choice for disabling eco-unfriendly forestry operations, and waste is frequently shipped to other countries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. ROM's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is dragon worshippers.

ROM is ranked 5,898^th in the world and 274^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 112.46 law-abiding acts per hour.