The Republic of Rygate is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Karl Loll Sr with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, anti-smoking policies, and national health service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 30.801 billion Rygateans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Public Transport, Industry, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Butow. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.7%.

The all-consuming Rygatean economy, worth a remarkable 3,706 trillion Goldens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 120,337 Goldens, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 503,949 per year while the poor average 18,709, a ratio of 26.9 to 1.

Eminent domain has been abolished, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, trust-fund babies line up for places in community college, and no suburban lawn is complete without barbed wire and landmines. Crime is totally unknown. Rygate's national animal is the Buffalo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rygate is ranked 41,505^th in the world and 5^th in Yorkshire for Rudest Citizens, with 93.55 insults per minute.