The Theocracy of Ricardus Magno is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, smutty television, and compulsory military service. The quiet, industrious population of 358 million Creatorians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 46.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Ricardus Magnoan economy, worth 9.85 trillion Crowns 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 Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 27,500 Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dozens of viewers go online to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, sullen teenagers in bright orange 'community payback' onesies can be seen picking litter at the roadside, and politicians are often found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ricardus Magno's national animal is the Owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Ricardus Magno is ranked 232,147^th in the world and 8,698^th in Lazarus for Most Beautiful Environments, with 394.41 pounds of wildlife per square mile.