The Empire of Smarterial is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Noah V with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 6.95 billion Smarterialians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Smayrtron Averra. The average income tax rate is 67.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Smarterialian economy, worth 874 trillion Eurosmarts a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 125,868 Eurosmarts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Companies are turning to trained Wolves for their most menial jobs, search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, the fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast, and there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Smarterial's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman catholicism.

Smarterial is ranked 209,862^nd in the world and 206^th in KAISERREICH for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -4.47 on the Clooney Contribution Index.