The Most Serene Republic of Rock of Ages is a mammoth, cultured nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 7.312 billion Rock of Agesians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 20.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Rock of Agesian economy, worth 288 trillion Tithes a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 39,459 Tithes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Immigrants are required to salute the flag five times a day, looting and pillaging are now considered vital intelligence-gathering activities, drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, and citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles. Crime is totally unknown. Rock of Ages's national animal is the White Dove.

Rock of Ages is ranked 222,280^th in the world and 7^th in The Nevers for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -3.1 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.