The Principality of Rieti is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 23.112 billion Rietians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.6%.

The powerhouse Rietian economy, worth 977 trillion lires a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is 42,280 lires, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 145,053 per year while the poor average 9,044, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

Voting is compulsory. Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Rieti's national animal is the bear.

Rieti is ranked 97,258^th in the world and 2,347^th in The North Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,506.41 on the Gilded Widget Scale.