The Council Republic of Emodea is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Emperor Mikhail II with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, parental licensing program, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 6.976 billion Emodeans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, although Defense is also considered important, while Law & Order and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lunagard. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Emodean economy, worth a remarkable 1,281 trillion qiples a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 183,682 qiples, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 676,423 per year while the poor average 35,233, a ratio of 19.2 to 1.

Airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory, it's a comma comma comma comma comma rebellion, politicians frequently make unusual poses during speeches in hopes of inspiring the next internet fad, and Emperor Mikhail II is famed for giving great back rubs. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Emodea's national animal is the buffalo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the Church of Arda.

Emodea is ranked 33,495^th in the world and 22^nd in Estalcia for Most Cultured, scoring 77 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.