The Slowing Skies of Refiria is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by the Refirian Parliament with an iron fist, and renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, aversion to nipples, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 9.119 billion Refirians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, with Law & Order and Environment not funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Refiria City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Refirian economy, worth a remarkable 1,979 trillion refiris a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 217,090 refiris, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,983,751 per year while the poor average 2,596, a ratio of 764 to 1.

Wait staff claim to like it when odorous customers flirt with them, the police have nothing to do with the increasing number of 'disappeared', Refiria City moves with the times, and citizens drive tank-like vehicles with mounted machine guns. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Refiria's national animal is the red panda, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Safberdism.

Refiria is ranked 303,425^th in the world and 1^st in Three Guys for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring -12.25 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.