The Republic of Ryatore is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its daily referendums, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.501 billion Ryatoreans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Welfare, Healthcare, and Administration are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mr Happy's Funland. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Ryatorean economy, worth 60.7 trillion Stones a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 40,427 Stones, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, and there are no more heroes any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ryatore's national animal is the Kitty Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ryatore is ranked 290,557^th in the world and 823^rd in Council of Asia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10.34 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.