Ruborian Desert

Ruborian Desert
 The Holy Land of Ruborian Desert is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ishtar and Enlil with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 917 million 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."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Isis City. The average income tax rate is 95%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Information Technology and Automobile Manufacturing.

There has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, the government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ruborian Desert's national animal is the Shai-Hulud, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Lira.