The Sultanate of Riyaad is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, national health service, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 401 million Riyaadis are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.3%.

The very strong Riyaadi economy, worth 27.8 trillion riyals a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 69,205 riyals, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 412,920 per year while the poor average 5,293, a ratio of 78.0 to 1.

Trains and passengers alike are often late, it's rumored that Marche Noire knows what the nation's generals eat for breakfast, there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', and only the wealthy can afford monorail fares. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Riyaad's national animal is the heron, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Riyaad is ranked 223,552^nd in the world and 14^th in OrangeJuice for Largest Black Market, with 321 billion Standard Monetary Units.