The BETTER THAN U AND U KNOW IT of ROM is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by some dude named jeff with an iron fist, and notable for its teetotalling pirates, flagrant waste-dumping, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 28.191 billion Stans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration also on the agenda, while Education and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of an abandoned warehouse. The average income tax rate is 97.7%.

The frighteningly efficient ROMian economy, worth an astonishing 10,502 trillion Steaks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 372,541 Steaks, with the richest citizens earning 7.8 times as much as the poorest.

Violet blesses the rains down in Europeia, parties that are too noisy are broken up to prevent disturbing wildlife, global warming is heating up, and morning birdsong has been replaced by the sound of the morning patrol. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. ROM's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is dragon worshippers.

ROM is ranked 307,090^th in the world and 1,436^th in Europeia for Most Developed, scoring 41.26 on the Human Development Index.