The Republic of Dog Island is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, ban on automobiles, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 319 million Dog Islanders are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ruffia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.3%.

The strong Dog Islandian economy, worth 22.6 trillion raufs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,926 raufs, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

International trade is a sticky issue, student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned Dogeball fields, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, and Dog Island has designated Ruffia as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dog Island's national animal is the Doge, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Dog Island is ranked 212,609^th in the world and 83^rd in The Grand Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -3.07 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.