The Kingdom of The Commonwealth of Rylandia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by The Great Emperor with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 1.896 billion Rylanders are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alenburg. The average income tax rate is 60.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rylandish economy, worth 286 trillion Potatexes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 151,325 Potatexes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, military training in The Commonwealth of Rylandia emphasizes the tactical advantages of stabbing backs, sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, and the "fire department" is often called to remove offensive religious texts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Commonwealth of Rylandia's national animal is the Potato bug, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Economy.

The Commonwealth of Rylandia is ranked 21,753^rd in the world and 330^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 267.24 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.