The Republic of Ruth2 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 29.923 billion Ruth2ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 75.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Ruth2ian economy, worth 506 trillion Rars a year, is highly specialized and dominated by the Cheese Exports industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 16,905 Rars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Meat-eating is frowned upon, extreme political groups are outlawed, cars are banned, and a major religion has been named as Ruth2's national religion. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ruth2's national animal is the cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is a major religion.

Ruth2 is ranked 31,080^th in the world and 4^th in Yorkshire for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring zero on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.