The Commonwealth of Rurban is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its compulsory vegetarianism, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 12.699 billion Rurbanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 69.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Rurbanian economy, worth 955 trillion sterling orichalcums a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 75,243 sterling orichalcums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens complain about a burning sensation after bathing, 'A is for Annulment' is a popular children's song, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, and park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers. Crime is totally unknown. Rurban's national animal is the Bobcat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rurban is ranked 129,007^th in the world and 6,262^nd in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.83 law-abiding acts per hour.