The Empire of The Pact of Terra is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Augustus X with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 26.82 billion Imperials 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperial City. The average income tax rate is 2.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pact of Terran economy, worth an astonishing 12,040 trillion Imperial Credits a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 448,923 Imperial Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, top-shelf magazines feature risqué centrefold spreads of ladies' wrists, citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, and citizens must inform the government each time they have a haircut. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Pact of Terra's national animal is the Tarentatek, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Christianity.

The Pact of Terra is ranked 289,285^th in the world and 4^th in Korel for Safest, scoring 3.97 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.