The Council Republic of Emodea is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Mikhail II with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, unlimited-speed roads, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 7.004 billion Emodeans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, with Defense also on the agenda, while Law & Order and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lunagard. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Emodean economy, worth a remarkable 1,290 trillion qiples a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 184,206 qiples, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 674,640 per year while the poor average 35,639, a ratio of 18.9 to 1.

Citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, citizens who leave the country are officially classed as traitors, one-stop superstores divide and conquer family businesses, and the nation faces constant invasions by foreign boy bands. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Emodea's national animal is the buffalo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the Church of Arda.

Emodea is ranked 14,120^th in the world and 3^rd in Estalcia for Highest Average Incomes, with 184,206.78 Standard Monetary Units.