The Republic of Propounded Empathy is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Kristi Noemí-Taco with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 6.941 billion Propounded Empathyians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Whocaresville. The average income tax rate is 38.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Propounded Empathyian economy, worth 560 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,756 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign leaders who don't applaud Kristi Noemí-Taco's speeches are regarded as enemies of Propounded Empathy, nobody is quite sure what the government's last policy decision was but fans are saying it'll make Propounded Empathy great again, wandering Propounded Empathyians are known for their one-track minds, and foreign converts are illuminated by both missionaries and helicopter searchlights. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Propounded Empathy's national animal is the tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Román Candle.

Propounded Empathy is ranked 124,900^th in the world and 760^th in the Plains of Perdition for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 38.67 Effective Tax Rate.