The Empire of Cimmerien is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Aegon with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 17.739 billion Cimmerians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Higekrastiensodt. The average income tax rate is 94.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Cimmerian economy, worth a remarkable 2,690 trillion NAS a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 151,695 NAS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines, scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays, plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go, and the dwindling faithful in the nation make expensive pilgrimages to the remaining places of worship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cimmerien's national animal is the Griffon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Sevenism.

Cimmerien is ranked 4,333^rd in the world and 231^st in Osiris for Safest, scoring 133.29 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.