The Third Empire of Rishivaraja is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Devaraja Suryavarman IV with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and smutty television. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 926 million Rishivarajis are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rishivaraja. The average income tax rate is 80.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Rishivaraji economy, worth 103 trillion Silver Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 111,941 Silver Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Traumatised refugees have a full bedpan shoved into their hands along with their immigration papers, state officials tend to disappear after they forget to salute Devaraja Suryavarman IV's portrait, commemoration of the Great Eladria War costs almost as much as the war itself, and scientific ethics are on the chopping block. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rishivaraja's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Rishivaraja is ranked 16,696^th in the world and 19^th in Eladria for Highest Poor Incomes, with 99,503.73 Standard Monetary Units.