The Imperial Empire of Drifterica is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Emperor Shino Kyuwa with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 17.713 billion Driftericans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Honiahaka. The average income tax rate is 70.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Drifterican economy, worth a remarkable 2,924 trillion Drifterica Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 165,106 Drifterica Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nearby bird nests prompt wind turbine shutdowns, emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push, Scrabble champions have been left scrambling for scraps, and class boundaries start and end with the firmness of local tomatoes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Drifterica's national animal is the Peregine Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Drifterica is ranked 13,411^th in the world and 8^th in New Coalition of Nations for Most Cultured, scoring 101 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.