The United Socialist States of Central Ryal is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Yevgeny Terenti with an even hand, and notable for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 5.075 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 enormous, socially-minded 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 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Central Ryalian economy, worth 826 trillion Aqes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 162,888 Aqes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Customs officers pretend not to hear shouts of "HELP LET ME OUT!" emerging from diplomatic bags, aeroplane cockpits no longer have altimeters or airspeed indicators, school uniforms are compulsory, and the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded 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, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Central Ryal is ranked 98,154^th in the world and 4,001^st in The North Pacific for Most Authoritarian, with 732.25 milliStalins.