The Watchfires of ROM-1 is a titanic, orderly nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, state-planned economy, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 21.751 billion ROM-1ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 40.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong ROM-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,476 trillion $$s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 67,869 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Boats straying just metres away from the shore will raise the ire of the Coast Guard, pollution is on the rise along with government approvals of fracking projects, discarded pennies litter the streets, and tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ROM-1's national animal is the Death's-head Hawkmoth, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

ROM-1 is ranked 16,569^th in the world and 1^st in Republic of Malawi for Largest Populations, with 21.8 billion capita.