The Sharia Confederation of Riyadh al-Baraka is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Zayn al-Ummati with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 1.838 billion Barakans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eastern Sabzabad. The average income tax rate is 69.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Riyadh al-Baraka economy, worth 215 trillion Wahids a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 117,087 Wahids, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

God took rock and roll from you, took rock and roll from everyone, Max Barry is this year's Miss Riyadh al-Baraka, the nightly news reports prosaically on the government blindly throwing money at despotic kidnappers, and the nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Riyadh al-Baraka's national animal is the Kuhaylan horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Sunni Islam.

Riyadh al-Baraka is ranked 48,404^th in the world and 72^nd in The Bongos United for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 186.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.