The People's Republic of Ricegun is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by xi maoyan with an iron fist, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, anti-smoking policies, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.961 billion citizens are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maolingrad. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ricegunian economy, worth a remarkable 1,442 trillion Rices a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 364,098 Rices, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,309,064 per year while the poor average 4,595, a ratio of 720 to 1.

Open-casket funerals are avoided at all cost, it is customary to begin the summer with a fasting ritual in which people eat nothing but kumquat smoothies, young and brooding teens are welcomed with open arms to the Dogwarts School of Strangeness and Sorcery, and a proud mining community is considering a rebellion after the Capital officially renamed them 'District XII'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ricegun's national animal is the rice farmer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is maoist communism.

Ricegun is ranked 10,336^th in the world and 2^nd in True Hydra Empire for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 11,007.78 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.