The Colony of Ciudad Riemstagrad is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its daily referendums, smutty television, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 23.009 billion Ciudad Riemstagradians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ciudad Riemstagrad. The average income tax rate is 69.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ciudad Riemstagradian economy, worth a remarkable 3,747 trillion Peseuros a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 162,863 Peseuros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Leader's throne, gun ownership is compulsory, party leaders rely on horoscopes to create "ticket balance", and happiness is all being miserable together. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ciudad Riemstagrad's national animal is the Client, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ciudad Riemstagrad is ranked 33,199^th in the world and 2,169^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 80.88 law-abiding acts per hour.