The Holy Empire of Ringoism is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and complete absence of social welfare. The cynical population of 3.191 billion Ringoismians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 35.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Ringoist economy, worth 132 trillion Ringoes a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,636 Ringoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires, there's never a spare chair in the retirement home, new urban roads are threatening city parks, and search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ringoism's national animal is the Octopus, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Ringoism is ranked 130,131^st in the world and 676^th in Concord for Safest, scoring 70.88 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.