The Watchfires of Imp-1 is a gargantuan, pleasant nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, irreverence towards religion, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed population of 28.676 billion Imp-1ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 36.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Imp-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,760 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,381 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are less concerned with policy and more concerned with whether politicians "call 'em like they see 'em", scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays, air purifiers fight smoke machines on Imp-1ian stage setups, and the giant 80-storey carving of Leader in Mount Rushless can be seen from space. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Imp-1's national animal is the ^-^, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Imp-1 is ranked 100,306^th in the world and 1^st in Germania for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 11,588.46 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.