The United Socialist States of Central Ryal is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Yevgeny Terenti with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.332 billion Central Ryalians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central City. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Central Ryalian economy, worth 873 trillion Aqes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 163,836 Aqes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets, the government prides itself on being smug and condescending to idiots, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, and sullen teenagers in bright orange 'community payback' onesies can be seen picking litter at the roadside. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Central Ryal's national animal is the Swallow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Central Ryal is ranked 29,909^th in the world and 1,651^st in The North Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 94.06 Percentage Of Bribes Refused.