The Free Land of Emu land is a large, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 166 million Emu landians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 58.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Emu landian economy, worth 4.54 trillion berries a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Average income is 27,347 berries, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Allergy-sufferers must wear gas masks before venturing outdoors, the government-sponsored autobiography 'A Leader For All Seasons' has only been bought by the most loyal of Leader's supporters, city-slickers are jelly of all the farmland the government is giving away, and unemployed judges can be found squatting in abandoned courthouses. Crime is totally unknown. Emu land's national animal is the emu, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Emu land is ranked 208,523^rd in the world and 2^nd in Bird lands for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 30.65 on the Bus Surprisal Index.