The Empire of Periklia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Dimitrius with an iron fist, and notable for its national health service, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 4.788 billion Periklians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Perikloupoli. The average income tax rate is 46.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Periklian economy, worth 894 trillion Koronas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 186,888 Koronas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, the jackhammer is considered a tool of artistic criticism, and Periklia Barrier Island residents anxiously await their 'Bridge to Somewhere'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Periklia's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Solarionisn.

Periklia is ranked 108,416^th in the world and 2,122^nd in The North Pacific for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 2,987.82 on the Hickory Productivity Index.