The International State of ROLASS is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by President-Emperor Rolass with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, pith helmet sales, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 32.952 billion Rolassians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reda. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Rolassian economy, worth an astonishing 12,723 trillion Slavic Zloties a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 386,132 Slavic Zloties, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes, virtual assistants are seen with increasing suspicion every time they get an upgrade, government ministers are regularly seen in the streets confessing their sins and hammering missiles into plow-shares, and prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ROLASS's national animal is the Griffin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Rolassian Roman Catholicism.

ROLASS is ranked 86^th in the world and 1^st in New World Alliance for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 283.39 on the Kitten Softness Rating.