The Federal Republic of Empirestate is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Imperator with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, digital currency, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 2.042 billion Empireses 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Terramas. The average income tax rate is 78.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Empirestatean economy, worth 352 trillion empis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 172,420 empis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Holiday light displays just aren't the same without seizure-inducing strobe effects, Max Barry is this year's Miss Empirestate, there's a lot of mouth-breathers about these days, and arts classes now teach children how to sketch the perfect sine curve. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Empirestate's national animal is the Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cult of Imperator.

Empirestate is ranked 17,819^th in the world and 12^th in The Amaranthine Isles for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 6,265.89 on the Hickory Productivity Index.