The Holy Reeteetian Empire of Reeteet IX is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Thomas the Tank Engine with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 17.216 billion Reeteet IXians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sodor. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Reeteet IXian economy, worth a remarkable 1,902 trillion Poke Dollar IXES a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 110,528 Poke Dollar IXES, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 439,268 per year while the poor average 18,757, a ratio of 23.4 to 1.

The arms industry is backed by government subsidies and harsh anti-protest laws are in place, epileptic patients switch their medications to whichever has a 'buy one get one free' offer, directors of low-budget sci-fi films are flocking to use Sodor as a backdrop, and the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Reeteet IX's national animal is the Obi Wan More Rep IX, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is religion.

Reeteet IX is ranked 13,526^th in the world and 7^th in Wernissage for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 79,690.92 Standard Monetary Units.