The Democratic Republic of Rosage is a tiny, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 8 million Rosageans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Rosagean economy, worth 116 billion Diams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 14,593 Diams, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Parking's carefree without parking car fees, mandatory neutering has made purebred dogs a thing of the past, on-duty Air Rosage flight attendants are usually seen napping in first class, and families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rosage's national animal is the PBR, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rosage is ranked 295,068^th in the world and 2,485^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -10.7 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.