The Bild of all bildins of Riddley Walker is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Riddley Walker with an even hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.936 billion Riddley Walkerians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bildins. The average income tax rate is 59.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Riddley Walkerian economy, worth 61.5 trillion Widders 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 Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. 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 15,635 Widders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, the Federal Council of Riddley Walker has been announced as the new Head of State, and Riddley Walker has designated Bildins as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Riddley Walker's national animal is the Dump, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Widder.

Riddley Walker is ranked 88,260^th in the world and 1^st in The Prison for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 92.47 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.