The Mergelland of Riemst is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Riemstagrad with an iron fist, and renowned for its smutty television, ban on automobiles, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 37.596 billion Riemstians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Riemst. The average income tax rate is 11.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Riemstian economy, worth a remarkable 6,170 trillion mergels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 164,136 mergels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Sick Riemstians are hair today and gone tomorrow, serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk, even in the most hardened climate scientists break down at the sound of a single drop of rain, and anyone with an emergency on a holy day is advised to pray harder. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Riemst's national animal is the kampernoelie, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is paganism.

Riemst is ranked 5,196^th in the world and 12^th in Riemst for Largest Black Market, with 1,668 trillion Standard Monetary Units.