The Terrible Swift Sword of Like a Rock is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 20.935 billion Like a Rockians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.7%.

The very strong Like a Rockian economy, worth a remarkable 1,591 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 76,039 $$s, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 219,583 per year while the poor average 20,890, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.

Newlywed misogynists complain about their wives keeping their maiden names, weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, and trick-or-treaters and circus clowns have been arrested under suspicion of being renegade vigilantes. Crime is moderate. Like a Rock's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Like a Rock is ranked 140,493^rd in the world and 2^nd in Strait of Gibraltar for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,343.4 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.