The Fourth Republic of Magna Emerald is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Ava Lindon with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 8.275 billion Emeraldians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Great Harbour. The average income tax rate is 83.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Magna Emeraldian economy, worth a remarkable 1,755 trillion gems a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 212,175 gems, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Jaw strain is an increasingly common ailment, the drive to dismantle public transport has crashed and burned, the price of freedom is about half a million gems, and diplomats agree to the terms and conditions of peace treaties without reading them. Crime is totally unknown. Magna Emerald's national animal is the Winged Lion of Magdara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Maritime Pantheon.

Magna Emerald is ranked 56,045^th in the world and 2,809^th in Osiris for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,435.14 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.