The Free Land of Rhineistan is a very large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 126 million Rhines 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 minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.8%.

The thriving Rhine economy, worth 8.43 trillion kroner a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 66,875 kroner, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 215,612 per year while the poor average 15,692, a ratio of 13.7 to 1.

Employers are never quite sure if graduates' qualifications have any merit or meaning, life-saving resuscitation is denied based on decades-old teenage diaries that declare "I want to die before I get old", doctors refer to inner-cities as newbie zones, and the official Rhine Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Rhineistan's national animal is the vulture, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Rhineistan is ranked 258,827^th in the world and 192^nd in Karma for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -7.07 on the Clooney Contribution Index.