The Imperial Union of Ermonte is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Aaron Callaghan with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, sprawling nuclear power plants, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 35.235 billion Ermontians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kahlenberg. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ermontian economy, worth a remarkable 4,681 trillion Eires a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 132,873 Eires, with the richest citizens earning 7.8 times as much as the poorest.

Anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, military funding has been stripped back, all weapon research has been banned, and Aaron Callaghan is plotting to coup the Pacific (Ermonte has found 3 easter eggs). Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ermonte's national animal is the Celtic Tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Ermonte is ranked 30,213^th in the world and 1^st in Valkyria for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 73.2 Effective Tax Rate.