The Socialist Federal Republic of Rytalia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Premier Henrietta Castillo-Walker with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.743 billion Rytalians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rytaliën-Albront. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Rytalian economy, worth 123 trillion brons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 70,938 brons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is ignoring the latest terrorist atrocities in Rytaliën-Albront for fear of causing a fuss, reassembling shredded papers is the highlight of a spy's day, both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade, and the navy is hoping to hear the enemy shout "you sank my battleship!". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rytalia's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Rytalia is ranked 43,733^rd in the world and 670^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,861.44 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.