The Hedony of Ri sa is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Arandis with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 5.261 billion Risians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Risa Control. The average income tax rate is 74.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Risian economy, worth 176 trillion Horga'hns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 33,496 Horga'hns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Programmers often reinvent the wheel, the recital of citations that follows any political speech can be longer than the speech itself, wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps, and the state considers itself the 'third parent' of every child in the nation. Crime is totally unknown. Ri sa's national animal is the Risian Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ri sa is ranked 334,138^th in the world and 180^th in United Earth Space Probe Agency for Most Patriotic, with 0.48 flags saluted per person per day.