The Holy Empire of Riddikulus is a small, cultured nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed population of 26 million Riddikulusians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Environment isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 33.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The fair Riddikulusian economy, worth 783 billion baht a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 30,140 baht, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lines at the bank stretch around the block as tellers struggle with basic arithmetic, the practice of capital punishment proves divisive, the bureaucracy's scale makes the trees wail, and molehills are the only mountains deemed safe enough for the public. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Riddikulus's national animal is the giraffe, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Riddikulus is ranked 68,922^nd in the world and 48^th in Hell for Most Cultured, scoring 69 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.