The Commonwealth of Mechanica Empire is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Adrien II with an iron fist, and notable for its teetotalling pirates, barren, inhospitable landscape, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.196 billion Mechanica Empireans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rose City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Mechanica Empirean economy, worth a remarkable 2,115 trillion Mechanica Pound Sterlings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 341,364 Mechanica Pound Sterlings, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,177,179 per year while the poor average 72,462, a ratio of 16.2 to 1.

Witches' brews set off Geiger counters, Emperor Adrien II claims tax rises are the result of 'curses', the Mechanica Empirean war navy contains an oddly large number of luxury yachts and cruise liners, and merchant ships always travel line astern in Mechanica Empirean waters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mechanica Empire's national animal is the Great Auk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mechanica Empire is ranked 284,067^th in the world and 157^th in Lands End for Most Primitive, scoring -412.1 on the Scary Big Number Scale.