The Syndicated Supercluster of Arma Empitester is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Eumelia Philomel with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 15.891 billion Empitesters enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brancaster. The average income tax rate is 1.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Empitesterian economy, worth a remarkable 5,649 trillion Boondollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 355,537 Boondollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, rumor has it that Eumelia Philomel has won three lotteries in a row, and doctors who mutter "Oh my God" often lose their medical license. Crime is totally unknown. Arma Empitester's national animal is the Scorpion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Arma Empitester is ranked 2,330^th in the world and 21^st in Europeia for Most Beautiful Environments, with 3,414.8 pounds of wildlife per square mile.