The Democratic States of The Rumz Basin is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Chief Executive Tsuchii with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.622 billion Rumz Basinians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greater Chūsin. The average income tax rate is 14.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Rumz Basinian economy, worth 184 trillion Saekgims a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 113,541 Saekgims, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government's only official statement on the burning down of Greater Chūsin was that 'they shouldn't have been so careless', a driving license is obtained not by passing a test but by passing a brown envelope, mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found, and a traveller who once stubbed a toe on an Air Brancaland flight has been offered asylum. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Rumz Basin's national animal is the Dhole, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is State Secularism.

The Rumz Basin is ranked 32,153^rd in the world and 791^st in the Rejected Realms for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 209.54 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.