The Principality of Emeraldisia is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its closed borders, barren, inhospitable landscape, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 320 million Emeraldisians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Emeraldia City. The average income tax rate is 17.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Emeraldisian economy, worth 28.4 trillion Emeraldisian Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 88,860 Emeraldisian Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Parties on cruise ships go off with a real bang, wrongful arrests abound as 'criminals' blame the guy next to them, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, and the nation is in perpetual campaign mode. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Emeraldisia's national animal is the Emeraldisian Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Emeraldisia is ranked 151,139^th in the world and 7,212^th in The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 516.31 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.