The Confederacy of Rivillia is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, democratic population of 820 million Rivillians 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 Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rivilton. The average income tax rate is 26.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Rivillian economy, worth 61.1 trillion dokins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Cheese Exports, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,545 dokins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Every new toxic waste dump comes with a seal of approval from the government's science advisor, tradesmen will knock 10% off their fees if customers pay cash, unemployed political consultants and advertisers spend every election night weeping for the good old days, and retirement homes are filled with foreign war criminals. Crime is totally unknown. Rivillia's national animal is the The Rivil, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rivillia is ranked 106,159^th in the world and 287^th in Refugia for Most Income Equality, scoring 36.78 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.