The Sphere Hunter of Rikku is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Rikku with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 6.803 billion Rikkuans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Welfare, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bikanel Island. The average income tax rate is 22.0%.

The very strong Rikkuan economy, worth 543 trillion gils a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Trout Farming. Average income is 79,901 gils, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Rikku's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop, and mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Rikku's national animal is the tucan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Violetism.

Rikku is ranked 105,905^th in the world and 632^nd in Ambition for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.18 law-abiding acts per hour.