The Sardegna Empire Destroyer of Emanuele Pessagno is a massive, safe nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, devout population of 3.75 billion Emanuele Pessagnoans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 28.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Emanuele Pessagnoan economy, worth 167 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 44,749 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, fair-weather fans talk during plays while die-hard theatre enthusiasts stay at home, and students and teachers are regularly stopped and searched for symbols of religious affiliation before class. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Emanuele Pessagno's national animal is the dolphin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Emanuele Pessagno is ranked 117,949^th in the world and 524^th in Remembrance for Most Beautiful Environments, with 542.12 pounds of wildlife per square mile.