The Republic of The Rist gay is a small, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working population of 32 million Rist gayians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 10.0%.

The Rist gayian economy, worth 1.37 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Soda Sales. Average income is 42,964 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, ghost regiments exist only on paper, organ donation is compulsory, and the recently unemployed can often be seen at the local homeless shelter. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Rist gay's national animal is the Nile crocodile, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

The Rist gay is ranked 187,220^th in the world and 60^th in Peinda speindea for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 48.99 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.