The Federation of Ringill is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 12.942 billion Ringillians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.7%.

The thriving Ringillian economy, worth 997 trillion marks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 77,059 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 272,765 per year while the poor average 15,718, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the tenet of free speech is held dear, organ donation is compulsory, and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ringill's national animal is the prion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ringill is ranked 66,883^rd in the world and 31^st in ainulindale for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,308.96 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.