The Free Land of Rihooka is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Kirsten with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 18.732 billion Rihookans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 97.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Rihookan economy, worth a remarkable 2,591 trillion Ris 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 mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 138,343 Ris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People with dyslexia are told to tough through it, one of the most popular models in Rihooka has a scarred face and one working eye, the government guarantees that tourists will have the ultimate trip on their trips, and panicking criminals no longer flush contraband down the toilet. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rihooka's national animal is the Guinea Pig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rihooka is ranked 316,642^nd in the world and 45^th in Hippy Haven for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -9.72 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.