The Republic of Emlay is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.307 billion Emlayians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Priscilla Island. The average income tax rate is 83.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Emlayian economy, worth 316 trillion Emlayoes a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,746 Emlayoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government sends submarines to retrieve bodies from shipwrecked submarines, the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, construction workers evacuate work sites after finding sharp rocks on the ground, and most Emlayo coins are riddled with bite marks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Emlay's national animal is the Seahorse, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Emlay is ranked 29,722^nd in the world and 1,991^st in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 82.9 law-abiding acts per hour.