The Mysterious Black Hole of Roless is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by The High Queen of Roless with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, strictly enforced bedtime, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 11.486 billion Rolessians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order also on the agenda, while International Aid is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atchta. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Rolessian economy, worth a remarkable 5,740 trillion Rezzats 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. 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 an amazing 499,767 Rezzats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government's official stance on scientific inquiry is 'there's no question so big that it can't be ignored', the song 'They Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Roless' is a smash hit, recent events in Dàguó have been classified 'for The High Queen of Roless's eyes only', and the government terminates employment with extreme prejudice. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Roless's national animal is the Funky badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Funkyism.

Roless is ranked 54^th in the world and 1^st in Forest for Most Patriotic, with 208.22 flags saluted per person per day.