The Democratic Socialist States of Rhyveth is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Cave Johnson with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.212 billion Rhyvethians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aephistead. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Rhyvethian economy, worth a remarkable 2,832 trillion Rhyvethian Dollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 199,298 Rhyvethian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals are amongst the best-funded in the region, the government puts forth the claim that harming young girls is wrong, history textbook pages are used as impromptu tissues by distraught students, and parents dread their examinations more than their children. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rhyveth's national animal is the Turret, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rhyveth is ranked 3,379^th in the world and 110^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 31 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.