The Republic of Rowlf the dog is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its soft-spoken computers, strictly enforced bedtime, and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 503 million Rowlf the dogians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 25.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Rowlf the dogian economy, worth 29.0 trillion kronor 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Automobile Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 57,750 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The entire entry for Rowlf the dog in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless', wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct, legislators work 24/7 due to an influx of single-issue bills, and a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rowlf the dog's national animal is the penguin.

Rowlf the dog is ranked 111,801^st in the world and 19^th in Collections for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,965.59 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.