The United Socialist States of Rose California is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its frequent executions, sprawling nuclear power plants, and keen interest in outer space. The democratic population of 283 million Rose Californians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Francisco. The average income tax rate is 73.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Rose Californian economy, worth 18.0 trillion Californian Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 63,496 Californian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, cows graze until the wolves come home, death row inmates cower in fear at the phrase "one-year anniversary", and a crusade against barbaric religious practices has begun. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rose California's national animal is the Grizzly Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rose California is ranked 41,216^th in the world and 650^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 5,098.87 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.