The Democratic Republic of Royous is a small, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 26 million Royousians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 21.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Royousian economy, worth 1.19 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 45,938 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Playing card suits are sold separately, the easiest method of escaping from prison is to take singing lessons, competing private ambulances racing to be the first to traffic accidents are a major cause of road accidents, and political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Royous's national animal is the unicorn.

Royous is ranked 6,753^rd in the world and 80^th in the West Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring 99.75 on the Scary Big Number Scale.