The People's Republic of Rinovas is a very large, cultured nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, national health service, and compulsory military service. The quiet, industrious population of 407 million Rinovasians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rheindatour. The average income tax rate is 74.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Rinovasian economy, worth 35.3 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 86,706 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and only persecuted professionals need apply for asylum. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rinovas's national animal is the horse.

Rinovas is ranked 217,942^nd in the world and 723^rd in Concord for Nicest Citizens, with 12 average smiles per day.