The People's Federation of Rivel is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, vat-grown people, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 1.053 billion Rivelians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 71.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rivelian economy, worth 127 trillion Ions a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 120,734 Ions, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Invasive species are hunted by the gendarmerie, Rivel is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, adults pretending to be teenage girls claim to have wholesome motives, and pretending to be prejudiced is a good way to get out of jury duty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rivel's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rivel is ranked 282,241^st in the world and 4,980^th in The North Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -198.48 on the Scary Big Number Scale.