The People's Federation of Rivel is a massive, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate population of 1.36 billion Rivelians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rivelian economy, worth 191 trillion Ions a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 140,683 Ions, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Handling people's data is proving an immersive experience, stealing from a clothesline is a serious offence, glancing at the car radio display while driving is treated as attempted homicide, and citizens are bombarded with advertising from their compulsory miniature radios. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rivel's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rivel is ranked 17,544^th in the world and 510^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 94.33 law-abiding acts per hour.