The Republic of Ryatore is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.594 billion Ryatoreans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Welfare, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mr Happy's Funland. The average income tax rate is 68.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Ryatorean economy, worth 65.0 trillion Stones a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 40,791 Stones, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The reams of paperwork accompanying any electronic item are a recognised contributor to national deforestation, doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, and children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ryatore's national animal is the Kitty Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ryatore is ranked 77,235^th in the world and 242^nd in Council of Asia for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 2,707.55 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.