The Republic of Ryon is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 3.708 billion Ryonians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.5%.

The thriving Ryonian economy, worth 275 trillion Juno aurums a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 74,204 Juno aurums, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 278,892 per year while the poor average 13,782, a ratio of 20.2 to 1.

The alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and organ donation is compulsory. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ryon's national animal is the quick pink fox, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Ryon is ranked 219,504^th in the world and 1^st in Ryon for Most Beautiful Environments, with 441.49 pounds of wildlife per square mile.