The Most Serene Republic of Roadside Parks is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Park Ranger with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 6.513 billion Roadside Parksians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rest Area. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.3%.

The strong Roadside Parksian economy, worth 335 trillion Marks a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Average income is 51,437 Marks, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', parents often ask to see a credit report before lending money to their own children, films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay, and stealing from a clothesline is a serious offence. Crime is moderate. Roadside Parks's national animal is the Blue Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Naturalism.

Roadside Parks is ranked 308,915^th in the world and 10^th in Save Our Planet for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -4.47 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.