The Kingdom of Emerstari is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by King Eric XII Georges with an even hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, fear of technology, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 21.578 billion Emerstarians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Renshalle. The average income tax rate is 42.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Emerstarian economy, worth a remarkable 2,822 trillion Scilles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 130,791 Scilles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, competing private ambulances racing to be the first to traffic accidents are a major cause of road accidents, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, and pharmaceutical companies emphatically promise that "your pills are in the mail" rather than admit any supply shortfall. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Emerstari's national animal is the Emerstarian Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Emerstari is ranked 290,069^th in the world and 8^th in Arda en Estel for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -15 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.