The Theocracy of Emacs is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Richard Stallman with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, ban on automobiles, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 5.58 billion Emacsites 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 enormous, corrupt government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Welfare, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of GNU. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.0%.

The all-consuming Emacsian economy, worth 577 trillion Toenails a year, is highly specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 103,515 Toenails, with the richest citizens earning 6.3 times as much as the poorest.

Public enemies often walk home with spotless garments and crime records, criminals tell the police where their jurisdiction ends, schoolchildren are taught to boo and hiss at Richard Stallman's name, and a tax exemption has created a new hunger for octogenarian millionaires dating women 60 years their younger. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Emacs's national animal is the GNU, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Church of Emacs.

Emacs is ranked 242,202^nd in the world and 8,166^th in Osiris for Nicest Citizens, with 1.9 average smiles per day.