The Federative Republic of Ricel is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by President with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, devout population of 5.761 billion Ricelians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ricelia. The average income tax rate is 68.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ricelian economy, worth a remarkable 1,022 trillion Rixes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 177,470 Rixes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Almost all products in Ricel are hand-crafted due to strict employment laws, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, certain national parks offer tanning beds because the visitors never go outside, and the annual Adult Film Awards have a category for most titillating aftershave advert. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ricel's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Ricel is ranked 8,609^th in the world and 339^th in The North Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 12,813.96 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.