The Most Serene Republic of Riize is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 638 million Riizeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 43.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Riizean economy, worth 22.4 trillion pounds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,184 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause, fishermen take out second mortgages to afford the yearly fishing permit, frightened witnesses and seriously ill jurors wear the same handcuffs as the defendant, and the examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Riize's national animal is the porpoise, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Riize is ranked 111,496^th in the world and 1,421^st in the West Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 14.02 flags saluted per person per day.