The Free Empire of Rylis is a massive, safe nation, ruled by National Director Ryle with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical population of 2.277 billion Rylisians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Red Water. The average income tax rate is 56.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Rylisian economy, worth 52.3 trillion Rylites a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 22,967 Rylites, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Burglars are known for taking cash, socks, and other valuables, the nation's streets have become a winter wonderland of salt and sand, National Director Ryle has been known to threaten dissenting citizens with a machine gun at press conferences, and National Director Ryle is the self-declared God of all Rylis. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rylis's national animal is the Rylisian Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Rylism.

Rylis is ranked 109,819^th in the world and 4^th in Estellia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 90.15 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.