The Republic of Empth is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Peter Milestone with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.414 billion Emptheres are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sjecherc. The average income tax rate is 83.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Empthere economy, worth 118 trillion ourangs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,314 ourangs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Manufacturers of biodegradable plastics have to wait for months to show evidence of organic decomposition, weekends are spent tilting at windmills, passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections, and the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Empth's national animal is the snail kite, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Empth is ranked 103,766^th in the world and 1^st in Loclare for Highest Drug Use, scoring 165.89 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.