The Democratic Republic of Rittia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Leif Eriksson with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.193 billion Ritts are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Akaledo. The average income tax rate is 78.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Rittian economy, worth 150 trillion Rittian öres a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 68,804 Rittian öres, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Internet moderator is one of the most popular jobs among the nation's more socially awkward citizens, the cruise missile launchers on the field hospital roof are purely deterrent in purpose, the government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, and the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rittia's national animal is the Elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Norse Gaelic.

Rittia is ranked 32,552^nd in the world and 70^th in Nordic Lands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 81.25 law-abiding acts per hour.