The Republic of Drose is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.076 billion Droseans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Drosean economy, worth 7.70 trillion Roses 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 7,158 Roses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration, Leader has just been declared ruler of Drose in an international press conference, the nation's faithful often say there is a higher power watching over them, and the cold war against capitalism is growing chillier by the day. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Drose's national animal is the Caterpillar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Drose is ranked 191,995^th in the world and 392^nd in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 67.58 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.