The Rogue Nation of Worstburg is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.756 billion Worstburgians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 90.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Worstburgian economy, worth a remarkable 3,067 trillion Worstbucks 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. 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 an amazing 285,221 Worstbucks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Coastal cities are being moved a dozen miles inland to reduce flooding risk, veterans in wheelchairs are left waist-deep in rice paddies to gather grain, asthmatics can now suffer the effects of polluting chimneys from further away than ever before, and Worstburgians are wondering where have all the flowers gone. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Worstburg's national animal is the tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Worstburg is ranked 12,827^th in the world and 792^nd in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 96.76 law-abiding acts per hour.