The Terrible Swift Sword of RoP-1 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, devout population of 27.261 billion RoP-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 large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 46.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong RoP-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,363 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,000 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Beggars lack pockets for spare change, female newsreaders distract the nation by breastfeeding during broadcast, a suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to RoP-1ian politicians, and male friends are often accompanied by a female relative in order to prove their 'straightness'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. RoP-1's national animal is the Laughing swordfish, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

RoP-1 is ranked 59,109^th in the world and 1^st in Kolkata for Nicest Citizens, with 16.66 average smiles per day.