The Federation of Imelia is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.265 billion Imelians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Public Transport. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.2%.

The powerhouse Imelian economy, worth 87.3 trillion Imelian Lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 69,013 Imelian Lire, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 377,207 per year while the poor average 6,455, a ratio of 58.4 to 1.

Roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, and people can't decide between preserving forests and buying print copies of 'Dogman Versus The Giggler'. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Imelia's national animal is the Vertragus.

Imelia is ranked 277,934^th in the world and 13^th in mutual cooperation alliance for Highest Poor Incomes, with 6,455.01 Standard Monetary Units.