The Grand Duchy of Rivienland is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Grand Duke Willem the Fourteenth with an even hand, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol, national health service, and lack of airports. The compassionate, devout population of 7.425 billion Rivienlanders 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hindeveen. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rivienlandian economy, worth 576 trillion Rivenlander guilders a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 77,662 Rivenlander guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine, anything is permissible when wearing latex gloves, a proud mining community is considering a rebellion after the Capital officially renamed them 'District XII', and foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rivienland's national animal is the Rivienlander yellow warbler, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Rivienland is ranked 76,521^st in the world and 217^th in Forest for Most Income Equality, scoring 48.45 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.