The Imperial Islands of Riecham is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Empress Alyssia Caledonii with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 32.338 billion Riechese are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Environment, and Defense also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caledonia. The average income tax rate is 92.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Riechese economy, worth a remarkable 4,138 trillion Rylads a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 127,990 Rylads, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, war vets look after war animals, you can call your arthritic immigrant neighbour for all your roof-tiling and guttering needs, and some paycheques only arrive every 12 to 24 weeks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Riecham's national animal is the Whitecomb Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Riecham is ranked 4,354^th in the world and 6^th in Absolution for Lowest Crime Rates, with 119.89 law-abiding acts per hour.