The Empire of Life empire is a titanic, socially progressive nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 13.375 billion Life empireans 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 government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vitalis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Life empirean economy, worth a remarkable 3,610 trillion infinity credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 269,943 infinity credits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 942,221 per year while the poor average 56,256, a ratio of 16.7 to 1.

Bored politicians often entertain themselves with games of Simon during important votes, pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, the government strictly regulates whale harvest quotas, and patch v22.1705 - all developers are now paid for work. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Life empire's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Life empire is ranked 192,487^th in the world and 13^th in Lair of the Dragon for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 22.5 Effective Tax Rate.