The Imperial Empire of Emmiland is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Imperial Emperor Emmanuel Echefu 1 with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, triple-decker prams, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.407 billion Emmilandians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Celestial City. The average income tax rate is 80.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Emmilandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,704 trillion Emroes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 181,196 Emroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

The serf suggestion box would work better if more serfs were literate, torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, dozens of viewers go online to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375, and the dish 'poisson avec poison' is only available on the black market. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Emmiland's national animal is the Dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Echefuism.

Emmiland is ranked 278,916^th in the world and 10,231^st in Balder for Nicest Citizens, with 0.39 average smiles per day.