The Restored First Republic of Ridnez is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Roberto Giannone with an even hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, keen interest in outer space, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 12.455 billion Ridnezites enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government prioritizes Industry, although Education, Law & Order, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Magnifico. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Ridnezite economy, worth a remarkable 3,482 trillion South Usean pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 279,645 South Usean pounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 852,961 per year while the poor average 71,109, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Foreign leaders are advising that Roberto Giannone's letters must have gotten lost in the mail, cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, staffers take uppers in the old upper house chamber, and the Ridnezite Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ridnez's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ridnez is ranked 33,266^th in the world and 58^th in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Highest Poor Incomes, with 71,109.44 Standard Monetary Units.