The Federative Republic of Rivogna is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Martino Bonardi with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 13.537 billion Rivognans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nuova Venezia. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Rivognan economy, worth a remarkable 3,947 trillion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 291,589 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diplomatic missions are often mistaken as declarations of war, public buses smell like litter boxes, a death threat has replaced 'hello' as an official greeting in the nation, and patch v22.1705 - all developers are now paid for work. Crime is totally unknown. Rivogna's national animal is the macaw, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Rivogna is ranked 44,655^th in the world and 1^st in Rivognan Puppet Storage for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 78.39 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.