The Conquering Galactic Order of Imperial Rifta is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Payne with a fair hand, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, otherworldly petting zoo, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 919 million Riftans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paynesville. The average income tax rate is 42.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Imperial Riftan economy, worth 65.1 trillion Ritoes a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 70,851 Ritoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The people elect the Supreme Court justices directly, the tightness of border controls in Imperial Rifta leave a little to be desired, drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth, and scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Imperial Rifta's national animal is the Rhynogriff, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Imperial Rifta is ranked 188,267^th in the world and 6^th in Riftan Alliance for Largest Black Market, with 35.6 billion Standard Monetary Units.