The Incorporated States of Ruplor is a small, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, suspicion of poets, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 29 million Ruplorians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The tiny, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Defense, Healthcare, and Public Transport are also considered important, while International Aid and Social Policy aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.1%.

The powerhouse Ruplorian economy, worth 1.67 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 57,711 dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 408,236 per year while the poor average 2,734, a ratio of 149 to 1.

There have been reports of people marrying housepets, the nation has declared its intention to "stretch out", no one knows how to tie a reef knot, and celebrity foodies are biting a huge chunk out of the government budget. Crime is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ruplor's national animal is the whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ruplor is ranked 271,257^th in the world and 4,077^th in eta for Most Cultured, scoring 60 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.