The Free Land of Roseven is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 353 million Rosevenians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Rosevenian economy, worth 6.42 trillion drops of light a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 18,188 drops of light, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations, the nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks, knitters are arrested for carrying needles in their bags, and citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Roseven's national animal is the flying red fox, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Roseven is ranked 225,697^th in the world and 398^th in Refugia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -25 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.