The Monarchy of Riaphe is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Monarch of Riaphe with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 3.066 billion Riapheans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Star City. The average income tax rate is 49.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Riaphean economy, worth 319 trillion Riaphean Empires a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 104,310 Riaphean Empires, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

There's nothing more rock-and-roll than absolute sobriety, jury duty means front row seats to a spectacular show, the government is engaging in an agricultural trade war with Maxtopia, and world leaders often feel uncomfortable when The Monarch of Riaphe tries to recruit them into selling cosmetics. Crime is totally unknown. Riaphe's national animal is the Unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Riaphe is ranked 17,154^th in the world and 27^th in Empire of Great Britain for Nicest Citizens, with 24.05 average smiles per day.