The Loyalist Emperor's Son of Ancient of Rites is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 9.992 billion Ancient of Ritesians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 23.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Ancient of Ritesian economy, worth 366 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 36,722 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Business is banging at no-tell motels, government spending has hit an all-time low, sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, and the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ancient of Rites's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ancient of Rites is ranked 188,134^th in the world and 1,855^th in Remembrance for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 23.13 Effective Tax Rate.