The Ocean world of Ricalda is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 717 million Ricaldans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social and economic equality; they tend to view other countries as corrupted by the hollow pageantry of sham elections.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Administration, with Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cython. The average income tax rate is 54.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Ricaldan economy, worth 63.7 trillion Felons a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,867 Felons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, the nation's ambassadors often conduct their business in jail cells, there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, and the green glow is a sign of clean energy. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ricalda's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ricalda is ranked 77,255^th in the world and 1^st in Rainy peninsula for Highest Average Incomes, with 88,867.81 Standard Monetary Units.