The Socialist Union of Rivarun is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Szev Mintz with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.168 billion Rivarunians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cloria. The average income tax rate is 88.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rivarunian economy, worth 263 trillion rivas 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 121,538 rivas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Engine room hooch is the drink of choice among the nation's navy, one does not simply walk into the tundra, cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, and the Rivarunian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rivarun's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Rivarun is ranked 5,391^st in the world and 7^th in The League for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 2,618.81 on the Clooney Contribution Index.