The Holy Empire of East Mountain is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its restrictive gun laws, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 971 million East Mountainians are prohibited from doing almost everything but make sure no one in government gets away with anything either.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 51.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped East Mountainian economy, worth 37.6 trillion Bananas 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, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 38,752 Bananas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw, captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, the nation's apology for those it has executed in the last year has come a little late for some, and the nation is renowned abroad for its love of blood and guts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Mountain's national animal is the emu.

East Mountain is ranked 125,127^th in the world and 211^th in Christians for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 607.19 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.