The Trading Empire of Riftan Alliance Trading Company is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lord Aurelius Watts with a fair hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 6.212 billion Riftans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Public Transport, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Andor Orbital Shipyards. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.6%.

The very strong Riftan economy, worth 428 trillion RA Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 69,044 RA Credits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 247,768 per year while the poor average 13,789, a ratio of 18.0 to 1.

Babies are a small but significant export, parents are relieved they no longer need to help with their kids' algebra homework, citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, and local mafias have a tough time disposing of dead snitches without catching the attention of recycling authorities. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Riftan Alliance Trading Company's national animal is the Riftan Cliffhawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is not set.

Riftan Alliance Trading Company is ranked 26,609^th in the world and 1^st in Riftan Alliance for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 63,797.57 Standard Monetary Units.