The Republic of Rio Ferdinand is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its public floggings, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 406 million Rio Ferdinandians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 54.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Rio Ferdinandian economy, worth 30.3 trillion Gameses a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,516 Gameses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Some of the country's most famous photographers are animals, pretending to be prejudiced is a good way to get out of jury duty, the government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, and soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rio Ferdinand's national animal is the Player, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rio Ferdinand is ranked 87,352^nd in the world and 19^th in RPS for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 109.6 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.