The People's Republic of Central Ryal is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Yevgeny Terenti with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and national health service. The compassionate, humorless population of 1.473 billion Central Ryalians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central City. The average income tax rate is 90.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Central Ryalian economy, worth 217 trillion Aqes a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 147,352 Aqes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory, the aphorism "there's no need to argue" has been dismissed by Central Ryalians, students abandon classrooms for online education, and prisoners pray grey skies are gonna clear up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Central Ryal's national animal is the Swallow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Central Ryal is ranked 155,105^th in the world and 8,533^rd in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 44.79 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.