The Kingdom of Riano is a very large, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, sprawling nuclear power plants, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 145 million Rianoans enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 4.2%.

The very strong Rianoan economy, worth 9.05 trillion Riabucks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 62,394 Riabucks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, tradesmen will knock 10% off their fees if customers pay cash, the government's suicide hotline now redirects callers to local tax lawyers, and concussed Jaguarball players cannot remember their lineup position. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Riano's national animal is the Jaguar, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Riano is ranked 264,957^th in the world and 760^th in Concord for Safest, scoring 9.81 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.