The United Socialist States of Emailistan is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Chief Executive with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, cheerful population of 22.326 billion Emailis enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Emailistan City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Emailistanian economy, worth a remarkable 6,220 trillion Units of Currency a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 278,643 Units of Currency, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Chief Executive is described as an everyday person with normal tastes and the usual interests, graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation', commuters are denied boarding for attempting to bring packed lunches onto trains, and the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Emailistan's national animal is the Basset Hound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Decency.

Emailistan is ranked 277,161^st in the world and 12,031^st in the South Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 0.9 Obesity Rate.