The Empire of The Riemstagrad is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, smutty television, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 20.058 billion Riemstagradians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The minute, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, with Law & Order and Spirituality not funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Riemstagradian economy, worth a remarkable 1,870 trillion Denaris 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, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is 93,275 Denaris, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 346,673 per year while the poor average 17,634, a ratio of 19.7 to 1.

Village elders are often called in to interpret voting outcomes in Parliament, the song 'They Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in The Riemstagrad' is a smash hit, if a tree falls in the forest Leader is personally notified, and politicians stage photo ops featuring barely functional fighter jets. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. The Riemstagrad's national animal is the Agapornis, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Riemstagrad is ranked 130,173^rd in the world and 5,113^th in Lazarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 17.98 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.