The Council Republic of Emodea is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Mikhail II with an even hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, enslaved workforce, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 7.021 billion Emodeans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, with Defense also on the agenda, while Law & Order and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lunagard. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Emodean economy, worth a remarkable 1,293 trillion qiples a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 184,270 qiples, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 674,874 per year while the poor average 35,652, a ratio of 18.9 to 1.

Pet owners want to know why their animals keep smiling at them, several inches are being added to first class seating, prospective parents are cheering on the streets as they no longer need a license to have children, and the police have been reduced to using duct tape instead of handcuffs following further cutbacks. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Emodea's national animal is the buffalo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the Church of Arda.

Emodea is ranked 109,836^th in the world and 16^th in Estalcia for Largest Populations, with 7.02 billion capita.