The Republic of Ritake is a massive, genial nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, unlimited-speed roads, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.303 billion Ritakeans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 71.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ritakean economy, worth 158 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,683 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave, city budgets are spent entirely on supporting the town royalty, there's a politician called Male Infant Fallon, and physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ritake's national animal is the swan, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ritake is ranked 13,084^th in the world and 564^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 108 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.