The Peaceful Underworld of The Nergal Empire is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Nergal with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, vat-grown people, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic population of 16.816 billion Empireans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Underworld. The average income tax rate is 97.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Empirean economy, worth a remarkable 2,763 trillion Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 164,358 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, wishing you had children is considered a sign of child abuse, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', and children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Nergal Empire's national animal is the Undead, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Nergal Empire is ranked 4,759^th in the world and 6^th in The Atheist Empire for Lowest Crime Rates, with 117.66 law-abiding acts per hour.