The Federation of Ryo is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 4.356 billion Ryoans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Public Transport are also considered important. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 42.1%.

The large but inefficient Ryoan economy, worth 182 trillion anhs 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 Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. 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 41,981 anhs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 149,490 per year while the poor average 8,485, a ratio of 17.6 to 1.

Funding for education has been redirected into the military, parents are relieved they no longer need to help with their kids' algebra homework, citizens receive notices of disenfranchisement along with their parking tickets, and glancing at the car radio display while driving is treated as attempted homicide. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ryo's national animal is the yu, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Ryo is ranked 269,751^st in the world and 445^th in Suspicious for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 24,307.26 Standard Monetary Units.