The Socialist Heroes Republic of Riyon is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by The General Da Biyong Hoh with an iron fist, and remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, public floggings, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.142 billion Riyonians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yangyong City. The average income tax rate is 83.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Riyonian economy, worth 87.7 trillion Wuns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Cheese Exports, Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 40,942 Wuns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, the fate of the world literally rests on The General Da Biyong Hoh's fingers, slavery has been abolished, and people take government jobs for the frequent flier miles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Riyon's national animal is the White Crane, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Riyon is ranked 132,425^th in the world and 491^st in The Leftist Assembly for Highest Poor Incomes, with 25,257.97 Standard Monetary Units.