The State of Esmeraldya is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and notable for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 38.769 billion Esmeraldyans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Education, International Aid, and Administration are also considered important, while Social Policy and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.7%.

The thriving Esmeraldyan economy, worth a remarkable 2,527 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Retail, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 65,199 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 443,277 per year while the poor average 3,503, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Vanity is considered the fifth cardinal virtue, the roads are notorious throughout the region for their peril, the Governor has just been declared ruler of Esmeraldya in an international press conference, and Esmeraldya has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Esmeraldya's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Esmeraldya is ranked 8,861^st in the world and 32^nd in Ancient Lands for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 9,124.9 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.