The Empire of EmpexRome is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 959 million EmpexRomeans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse EmpexRomean economy, worth 84.6 trillion rubles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,227 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Billions of rubles are spent to take high-quality photos of the Kiwi Nebula, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The EmpexRome City Times is sold out, the EmpexRomean Babysitters Club has proven to be a huge relief to stressed-out parents across the nation, and CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. EmpexRome's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

EmpexRome is ranked 16,043^rd in the world and 925^th in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 115.82 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.