The Federation of Ryodan is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and restrictive gun laws. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 567 million Fighters 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 Spirituality, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 26.5%.

The Ryodanian economy, worth 28.8 trillion Rubles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Average income is 50,707 Rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ryodan's national animal is the Spider.

Ryodan is ranked 71,191^st in the world and 1^st in Slaviya for Most Extreme, scoring 26.81 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.