The Republic of Bishopric of Riga is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, parental licensing program, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 957 million Bishopric of Rigans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bishopric of Rigan economy, worth 90.1 trillion Ducats a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,132 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sniffer dogs are trained to follow clouds of fruity-smelling vapor, the daily weather forecast often predicts light showers of debris, BOR-SPAN viewership drops as MPs act their age, and fans doing the wave routinely disrupt the finals of Go tournaments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bishopric of Riga's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bishopric of Riga is ranked 249,245^th in the world and 325^th in Novaya Zemlya for Largest Populations, with 957 million capita.