New Riders of Rohan

The Constitutional Monarchy of New Riders of Rohan is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 448 million Rohinians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helm's Deep. The average income tax rate is 71.2%.

The all-consuming Rohanian economy, worth 41.1 trillion Rohins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 91,691 Rohins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways, all writing must pass a censorship board before being allowed on the shelves, and public loudspeakers constantly tell citizens they are "happy people". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Riders of Rohan's national animal is the Flesh-Eating Horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.