The Federal Republic of Ripsylvania is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Prime Minister Gustavus with an even hand, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 10.177 billion Ripsylvanians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Breitenfeld. The average income tax rate is 92.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ripsylvanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,224 trillion scritches a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 120,315 scritches, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Economic output is rising as the chronically depressed are persuaded not to burden society, a death threat has replaced 'hello' as an official greeting in the nation, the latest superhero movie features a caped Wooly Scragglemuffin with adamantium claws, and the little guy plays a big role in Ripsylvanian politics. Crime is totally unknown. Ripsylvania's national animal is the Wooly Scragglemuffin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ripsylvania is ranked 293,587^th in the world and 4,711^th in The East Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 8,662.73 Standard Monetary Units.