The Dictatorship of Die Riech is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Ludwig with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, strictly enforced bedtime, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 13.371 billion Riechians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order and Industry also on the agenda, while Social Policy and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berlin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 76.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Die Riechian economy, worth a remarkable 3,690 trillion Riechmarks a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 276,033 Riechmarks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,114,685 per year while the poor average 45,624, a ratio of 24.4 to 1.

The military conducts 'training exercises' in prisons, prison libraries are being replaced with interrogation chambers, the government strictly regulates whale harvest quotas, and after every storm there's an expensive government-funded rainbow. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Die Riech's national animal is the imperial eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Die Riech is ranked 3,116^th in the world and 1^st in Ridgefield for Lowest Crime Rates, with 129.21 law-abiding acts per hour.