The Autonomous Nation of Empy is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Nick with an even hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The cheerful population of 23.061 billion Mpyians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Mpy City. The average income tax rate is 52.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Empyian economy, worth a remarkable 6,622 trillion Gold Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 287,180 Gold Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims, powerful x-ray machines used by the Customs Department can see into the homes of nearby residents, beggars lack pockets for spare change, and every workday begins with group therapy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Empy's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is none.

Empy is ranked 168,909^th in the world and 1,345^th in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 822 billion Standard Monetary Units.