The Fiefdom of Lady Rose is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Lady Rose with a fair hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 43.88 billion Lady Roseans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Meriamne. The average income tax rate is 1.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lady Rosean economy, worth an astonishing 11,980 trillion Coins 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 Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 273,037 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Offering a builder a cup of tea is a legal minefield, Meriamne's flashy holiday light displays can be seen from space, dinner parties often end in politically charged fist fights, and religious turf wars have caused frustrated police to pray for divine intervention. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Lady Rose's national animal is the Black Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Individualism.

Lady Rose is ranked 11,307^th in the world and 1^st in Lady Rose for Most Influential, scoring 4,599 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.