The Theocracy of Ribul is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Molt Honorable Primer Califa de Ribul with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.708 billion Ribulians 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fandomgrad. The average income tax rate is 87.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ribulian economy, worth 215 trillion dinars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,329 dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People who make the leader's blood boil get boiled, confessions don't count if suffixed with "izzle", the government is denying reports that criminals injected with experimental drugs have turned into monstrous supervillains, and metal detectors have been banned after a bottle cap caused a riot at the beach. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ribul's national animal is the espanyol, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catalan Islam.

Ribul is ranked 215,236^th in the world and 1^st in Life sPAIN for Largest Populations, with 1.71 billion capita.