The Federation of Roeder is a mammoth, cultured nation, remarkable for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 8.008 billion Roederians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 79.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Roederian economy, worth a remarkable 1,006 trillion points a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 125,645 points, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Finders keepers is the law of the land, the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, third party candidates are now gaining some representation in Parliament, and handling people's data is proving an immersive experience. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Roeder's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Roeder is ranked 6,168^th in the world and 148^th in the South Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 15,532.4 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.