The Republic of Riancastra is a large, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The devout population of 147 million Riancastrans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government is primarily concerned with Spirituality, although Law & Order, Defense, and Education are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 35.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Riancastran economy, worth 6.11 trillion Provincial Talers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,540 Provincial Talers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Belligerent citizens shoot at passing clouds for 'violating their airspace', many politicians are serving jail time for minor drug offenses, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, and Leader reduces citizens' commute times by giving away their homes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Riancastra's national animal is the Provincial Dog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Riancastra is ranked 208,400^th in the world and 14^th in Urcea for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2.45 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.