The Holy Empire of Edmulus is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Edmund with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, zero percent divorce rate, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 15.649 billion Edmulusians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Edmulustown. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 88.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Edmulusian economy, worth a remarkable 3,511 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Uranium Mining, Soda Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an amazing 224,367 francs, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

Burial ceremonies have become as routinised as tax forms, gun shops sell hook hands and eye patches, the Edmulusian Tourism Bureau has described the abolition of coastal defences as a "kick to the groyne", and the tawdry celebrity gossip section has moved to the front page of most newspapers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Edmulus's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Edmusian.

Edmulus is ranked 289,455^th in the world and 7^th in The Empire of Tamriel for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring -7.75 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.