The Much-Needed Hugs of Embracing is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, digital currency, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 10.732 billion Embracingians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.5%.

The strong Embracingian economy, worth 539 trillion ergergergs a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 50,296 ergergergs, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

Toddler groups have taken over local libraries, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, mechanics are often exhausted by their work, and getting an autograph has become harder than ever. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Embracing's national animal is the ergergerg, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Embracing is ranked 163,211^th in the world and 48^th in 555 for Lowest Crime Rates, with 59.87 law-abiding acts per hour.