The Mergelland of Riemst is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Riemstagrad with an iron fist, and notable for its fear of technology, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 32.482 billion Riemstians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Industry, with Education, Defense, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Riemst. The average income tax rate is 17.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Riemstian economy, worth a remarkable 5,036 trillion mergels a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 155,045 mergels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government has outlawed extremist parties, minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments, the mentally ill are given high powered automatic weapons for "catharsis therapy", and the beauty of coastal towns is marred only slightly by all the closed-down storefronts. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Riemst's national animal is the kampernoelie, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is paganism.

Riemst is ranked 7,847^th in the world and 1^st in Riemst for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 10,498.66 on the Gilded Widget Scale.