The Theocracy of Routu is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Holiness with an iron fist, and remarkable for its national health service, parental licensing program, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.64 billion Routuans 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 enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Routua. The average income tax rate is 95.5%.

The all-consuming Routuan economy, worth 582 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 125,556 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources, people faint regularly as they get stuck with compulsory vaccinations, ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward, and every week is blindness awareness week. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Routu's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Turoastrian.

Routu is ranked 277,232^nd in the world and 431^st in The League for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -10.68 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.