The Dragon Republic of Ryutochi is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Colonial Territories Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its vat-grown people, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 10.524 billion Ryutojins 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 enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shuto. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Ryutojin economy, worth a remarkable 2,478 trillion Kojis a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 235,491 Kojis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Frat-house partying has become the national pastime, foreign leaders with unpaid parking tickets are often refused entry, billions of Kojis are spent to take high-quality photos of the Ryukaze Nebula, and voting for pro-Bigtopian candidates is voluntary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ryutochi's national animal is the Ryukaze, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ryutochi is ranked 782^nd in the world and 2^nd in Segmentum Tempestus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 178.98 law-abiding acts per hour.