The Democratic Republic of Rosage is a mid-sized, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 81 million Rosageans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Rosagean economy, worth 1.41 trillion Diams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Trout Farming. Average income is 17,361 Diams, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens with artificial limbs are forbidden to serve as beauty pageant judges, children are raised bilingual from an early age, schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students, and bewildered steelworkers cook caviar in the microwave. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rosage's national animal is the PBR, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rosage is ranked 167,880^th in the world and 1,410^th in the West Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 587.49 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.