The Napoleonic Empire of First French Empire 2 is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Napoleon Ist with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.381 billion French are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paris. The average income tax rate is 57.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The French economy, worth 79.9 trillion franc germinals a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 57,839 franc germinals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government tries not to listen to the people unless it absolutely has to, weird or unusual crimes merit cruel and unusual punishments, satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness, and the fire protection service is wholly government-funded. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. First French Empire 2's national animal is the imperial eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

First French Empire 2 is ranked 269,998^th in the world and 694^th in Horizon for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 26.19 on the Bus Surprisal Index.