The Nightmare Collector of Ryu Hari is a mammoth, efficient nation, renowned for its frequent executions, ritual sacrifices, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working population of 9.242 billion Ryu Harians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.8%.

The very strong Ryu Harian economy, worth 603 trillion francs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 65,276 francs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 262,546 per year while the poor average 10,861, a ratio of 24.2 to 1.

The government is reining in public spending, the nation has an international reputation for compassion, soldiers with colourful mohawks make themselves perfect targets for snipers, and the homeless more often beg for mercy than money. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ryu Hari's national animal is the kiwi, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ryu Hari is ranked 237,356^th in the world and 2,363^rd in Remembrance for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 35.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.