The Black Steel Commonwealth of Emul is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Vexil the Wise with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.419 billion Emulis are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sesemalex Dar. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Emuli economy, worth 374 trillion Tukars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Retail. Average income is 69,126 Tukars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security, councils up and down the country wrangle over legal matters, building a phallus out of Minecraft blocks counts as indecent exposure, and reassembling shredded papers is the highlight of a spy's day. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Emul's national animal is the Axehound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Cult of Talenel Steelsinew.

Emul is ranked 21,244^th in the world and 13^th in The Black Hawks for Nicest Citizens, with 22.3 average smiles per day.