The Republic of Rocketfuel13 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 4.822 billion Rocketfuel13ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 56.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Rocketfuel13ian economy, worth 522 trillion rocketfuels a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,366 rocketfuels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, the recently unemployed can often be seen at the local homeless shelter, and it turns out that trees grow on rocketfuels. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rocketfuel13's national animal is the rocketfuel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rocketfuel13 is ranked 271,838^th in the world and 2^nd in Spaghettujenske for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -5.94 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.