The Imperial state of Riomler is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Alexander Riondel with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.535 billion Riomlerians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of rovoria. The average income tax rate is 86.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Riomlerian economy, worth 502 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 142,253 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The weather report is the prisoners' favourite programme, executions are marked by quiet dignity and maybe a final round or two of whist, the government is attempting to impose a new national language on the public, and everyone has the equal opportunity to have their wallet stolen. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Riomler's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Urak cristianity islamic.

Riomler is ranked 284,250^th in the world and 12^th in Lyceni for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 20.14 on the Bus Surprisal Index.