The Kingdom of Riksdal is a massive, genial nation, notable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 4.542 billion Riksdallians 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Riksdallian economy, worth 57.6 trillion Guinnesses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 12,684 Guinnesses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Intellectual snobbery has the cognoscenti sneering at anyone who doesn't have an opinion on the semiological drift of Umberto Eco's works. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Riksdal's national animal is the reindeer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Riksdal is ranked 259,095^th in the world and 14^th in The Confederacy of Free Lands for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.73 kickbacks per hour.