The Republic of County of Ruppin is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, enslaved workforce, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 959 million County of Ruppinians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.1%.

The all-consuming County of Ruppinian economy, worth 85.5 trillion Ducats a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,138 Ducats, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 342,722 per year while the poor average 15,965, a ratio of 21.5 to 1.

Sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park, sermons are regularly interrupted by businessmen taking phone calls, tampons are used as cheap fishing bobbers, and adult magazines are having a sales resurgence as internet anonymity disappears. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. County of Ruppin's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

County of Ruppin is ranked 86,045^th in the world and 317^th in Novaya Zemlya for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 3,385.01 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.