The Mysterious Black Hole of Roless is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by The High Queen of Roless with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 12.682 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 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Rolessian economy, worth a remarkable 6,647 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 a breathtaking 524,204 Rezzats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Street cleaners are noticeably glum during jubilee celebrations, conspiracy nuts claim that the government is trying to bring about an end to civilisation, you can say what you like about the genocidal murderers that rule Roless but at least the trains run on time, and the only Maxxmas gift frontline troops receive from officers is a bullet with the enemy's name on it. 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 387^th in the world and 3^rd in Forest for Highest Average Incomes, with 524,204.56 Standard Monetary Units.