The Holy Empire of EMPIRESE is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 136 million EMPIRESEians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 55.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong EMPIRESEian economy, worth 8.18 trillion lire a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 60,146 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall, elected officials who disagree with Leader have a lot of accidents, the atmosphere in EMPIRESEian boardrooms is turning more gay, and collisions between bicycles and carnival floats are on the rise. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. EMPIRESE's national animal is the ZEBRA, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

EMPIRESE is ranked 23,617^th in the world and 39^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,066.02 on the Clooney Contribution Index.