The Dictatorship of Ricksland is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 174 million Rickslandians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 65.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Rickslandian economy, worth 11.1 trillion ducats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 63,846 ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Troublemakers boast about how many times they have to visit their therapist, the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, teachers are skilled at leaving no evidence of child cruelty, and children are sent to either religious or secular schools. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ricksland's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ricksland is ranked 59,786^th in the world and 1,297^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 71.92 law-abiding acts per hour.