The Empire of Ghostem is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Hello Kitty with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, lack of airports, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.283 billion Ghostemians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Administration and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cyberia. The average income tax rate is 27.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ghostemian economy, worth 252 trillion Heliums a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,768 Heliums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Men are enrolling into lady etiquette courses, urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts, blind dates tend to result in bruised shins, and bargain hunters descend on disaster zones for a quick spot of grocery shopping. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Ghostem's national animal is the EVA Unit, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Girlbossing.

Ghostem is ranked 318,397^th in the world and 4^th in Euravia for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -9.85 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.