The Watchfires of ROG-1 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, devout population of 26.261 billion ROG-1ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The minute government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.1%.

The ROG-1ian economy, worth 759 trillion $$s a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 28,916 $$s, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

Prisoners due for execution often use their final statement to complain about soggy bread rolls, military parades quietly tiptoe their way through the streets, thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses, and politicians bribe ten-year-old geniuses to sit their aptitude tests. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. ROG-1's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

ROG-1 is ranked 241,136^th in the world and 1^st in Rock of Gibraltar for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -3.45 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.