The Free Land of The Roughnecks is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Tool Pusher with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-working, devout population of 7.62 billion Roughnecksians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oil City. The average income tax rate is 33.0%.

The strong Roughnecksian economy, worth 422 trillion Petro-dollars a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Average income is 55,453 Petro-dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Only persecuted professionals need apply for asylum, ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward, getting an autograph has become harder than ever, and political speeches always take place at sunset to a background of patriotic power ballads. Crime is totally unknown. The Roughnecks's national animal is the American Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Mechanization.

The Roughnecks is ranked 52,541^st in the world and 1^st in Virginia Beach for Most Cultured, scoring 71 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.