The Empire of Emu-Land is a very large, genial nation, notable for its compulsory military service, parental licensing program, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 111 million Emumins love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Emu-Landian economy, worth 5.81 trillion Reais 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 Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Information Technology. Average income is 52,352 Reais, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military spending is on the increase, the nation's beloved 'good-natured doormat' is inundated by begging letters, would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", and parents who fail mandatory parenting classes risk having their children taken away. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Emu-Land's national animal is the Emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Emu-Land is ranked 181,964^th in the world and 243^rd in Eurth for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 12.37 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.