The Imperial Realm of Nickel Empire is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Charles-Antony II with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 27.735 billion Nickelians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Königsberg-Nicaea. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Nickelian economy, worth a remarkable 9,755 trillion Denarii✲s a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 351,736 Denarii✲s, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,589,943 per year while the poor average 47,831, a ratio of 33.2 to 1.

The country behaves just like a group of independent provinces all stacked up under a trench coat, the monarchy has adopted absolute primogeniture, truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, and the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Nickel Empire's national animal is the Mumakil, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the United Church of the Nickel Empire.

Nickel Empire is ranked 20,848^th in the world and 4^th in Cinderia for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 4,689.84 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.