The Imperial Realm of Nickel Empire is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Charles-Antony II with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, triple-decker prams, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 22.437 billion Nickelians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Königsberg-Nicaea. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Nickelian economy, worth a remarkable 7,829 trillion Denarii✲s a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 348,944 Denarii✲s, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,255,075 per year while the poor average 69,441, a ratio of 18.1 to 1.

It's been a banner year for local vexillology, the nation is renowned abroad for its love of blood and guts, it's rumored that Marche Noire knows what the nation's generals eat for breakfast, and government adverts say that twelve lashes a day keeps divine wrath at bay. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Nickel Empire's national animal is the Mumakil, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the United Church of the Nickel Empire.

Nickel Empire is ranked 40,907^th in the world and 3^rd in Cinderia for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,613.73 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.