The Republic of Rufada is a massive, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, enslaved workforce, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.16 billion Rufadans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed, including voting. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government prioritizes Law & Order, with Education, Industry, and Spirituality also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Varifada. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 42.1%.

The thriving Rufadan economy, worth 72.0 trillion Diatian Dollars a year, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 62,031 Diatian Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 242,684 per year while the poor average 10,801, a ratio of 22.5 to 1.

All you have to do is pray to get into Rufada, the only women behind bars are barmaids, every spring railroad foundations erode to reveal human remains, and scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rufada's national animal is the Rijarahn Beach Squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Rufada is ranked 241,225^th in the world and 11,496^th in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 32.88 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.