The People's Grand Duchy of Risottia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Granduc Marc Primm with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 43.027 billion Risottians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Milan. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Risottese economy, worth an astonishing 16,083 trillion ghells a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 373,801 ghells, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common, cowboys often wear wolfskin jackets to the saloon, the black market offers sweet deals, and panicking criminals no longer flush contraband down the toilet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Risottia's national animal is the watersnake, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Risottia is ranked 303^rd in the world and 5^th in Balder for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 132,206.22 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.