The Empire of Ru- is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Yoshio with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 16.757 billion Ruvians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Ru. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 57.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Ruvian economy, worth a remarkable 3,890 trillion Rens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 232,163 Rens, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 885,841 per year while the poor average 42,094, a ratio of 21.0 to 1.

Weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, prominent cultural symbols are featured on the backs of cereal boxes, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", and on graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons. Crime is totally unknown. Ru-'s national animal is the Dragonfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Kaelity.

Ru- is ranked 16,347^th in the world and 10^th in The Strategic and Economic Alliance for Lowest Crime Rates, with 92.87 law-abiding acts per hour.