The Free Land of The Ruby Empire is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 931 million Ruby Empireans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 49.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Ruby Empirean economy, worth 17.2 trillion Saphires a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Tourism, Furniture Restoration, Pizza Delivery, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 18,501 Saphires, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Ruby Empire's national animal is the cell, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Ruby Empire is ranked 209,342^nd in the world and 4,131^st in the Rejected Realms for Largest Populations, with 931 million capita.