The Phoenix Empire of Rizorien is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Genderfluid Psychopath Ragniss II with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 7.151 billion Rizorients are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order and Industry also on the agenda, while Welfare and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prophis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Rizorienian economy, worth a remarkable 1,193 trillion Rubis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 166,860 Rubis, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 762,843 per year while the poor average 22,229, a ratio of 34.3 to 1.

The "war on terror" doesn't seem to be making Rizorients any less frightened, the sanitised and dull music festivals of Rizorien are famed for their reasonable volume levels, the nation's laws on image rights are amongst the strictest in the world, and funeral directors are frequently looking at their watches during funerals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rizorien's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Church of the First Dragon.

Rizorien is ranked 286,570^th in the world and 3,818^th in the West Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 0.27 average smiles per day.