The Rivers of Blood is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Aorta with an even hand, and notable for its deadly medical pandemics, zero percent divorce rate, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 26.157 billion Bloodians 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 medium-sized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kardia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Bloodian economy, worth a remarkable 2,489 trillion Oxygens a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is 95,179 Oxygens, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 553,457 per year while the poor average 7,742, a ratio of 71.5 to 1.

Female newsreaders distract the nation by breastfeeding during broadcast, only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations, it is a common belief that a sport isn't sport if there are no decapitations, and many of the country's largest dumps can be seen from space. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem. Blood's national animal is the Hemoglobyn, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cult of the Blood Cave.

Blood is ranked 259,683^rd in the world and 10,550^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 46.6 law-abiding acts per hour.