The United Commonwealth of Embrines is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Yves Daero with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 11.964 billion Embrinesians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lorlea. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Embrinesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,149 trillion Embrinesian Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,103 Embrinesian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Libraries are refusing to stock A Midsummer Night's Dream because it has an ass in it, the government has begun selling heroin and ecstasy to help fund its projects, relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly, and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Embrines's national animal is the Embrinesian White Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is No national religion.

Embrines is ranked 145,651^st in the world and 6,096^th in The North Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.74 Percentage Of Bribes Refused.