The Glittering Cold Sword of Ringil is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its public floggings and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 3.876 billion Ringilians 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 government prioritizes Welfare, although Education, Law & Order, and Defense are also considered important, while Environment and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hithlum. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.0%.

The very strong Ringilian economy, worth 232 trillion Ices 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 Automobile Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 60,005 Ices, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 169,382 per year while the poor average 17,016, a ratio of 10.0 to 1.

Violetist maidens who fall for an outsider must leave their violet light districts in shame, the law forbids arson, murder, and low-quality cheese, weird or unusual crimes merit cruel and unusual punishments, and school teachers check the staff room for hidden webcams before complaining about rebellious students. Crime is well under control. Ringil's national animal is the Smith.

Ringil is ranked 198,073^rd in the world and 22^nd in Beleriand for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 307.01 on the Gilded Widget Scale.