The Republic of Old Emporia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Elizabeth with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, digital currency, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 11.41 billion Old Emporians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, corrupt, liberal government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Rapture. The average income tax rate is 69.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Old Emporian economy, worth a remarkable 1,296 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,600 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Code enforcement officers circle wealthy Old Emporians like vultures, scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new, the government's foreign policy statements are less threatening than a World Assembly cease-and-desist letter, and social networking sites have discussion groups devoted to planning terrorist attacks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Old Emporia's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Old Emporia is ranked 211,478^th in the world and 5,467^th in The North Pacific for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -5 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.