The Holy Empire of Emathric is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 168 million Emathrickers enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 56.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Emathricker economy, worth 9.27 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,168 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are remarkably well involved in the political process, parents giddily refuse to pay their toddlers' medical bills, the fire protection service is wholly government-funded, and politicians "baring all" for the camera isn't always a figure of speech. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Emathric's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Emathric is ranked 137,042^nd in the world and 5^th in Friendly Empires for Most Patriotic, with 11.36 flags saluted per person per day.