The Holy Empire of Eric12 is a tiny, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working population of 16 million Eric12ians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government prioritizes Spirituality, although Defense, Administration, and International Aid are also considered important, while Environment and Industry receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The strong Eric12ian economy, worth 817 billion ghs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 51,054 ghs, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 276,337 per year while the poor average 4,876, a ratio of 56.7 to 1.

Vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, restaurateurs put a lot of effort into persuading customers to accept wafer-thin mints, meat is a luxury afforded only to the wealthy, and prudishness is on the way out. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Eric12's national animal is the tiger, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Eric12 is ranked 74,429^th in the world and 3^rd in kello for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 69.81 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.