The Federal Republic of Rockledge is a mid-sized, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 50 million Rockledgers live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 18.6%.

The powerhouse Rockledgean economy, worth 3.58 trillion Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 71,528 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, nervous homeowners have been blamed for rising death rates amongst carol singers and locksmiths, lawyers spend as much time preparing their make-up as they do their briefs, and paralegals spend all day Hewlett-Packing attorneys' law briefs. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rockledge's national animal is the White Elk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Rockledge is ranked 75,810^th in the world and 1^st in Septent for Most Developed, scoring 68.51 on the Human Development Index.