The Holy Empire of Empire of blood and iron is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 137 million blood and irons 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, Education, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.7%.

The Empire of blood and ironian economy, worth 8.04 trillion Throneses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,688 Throneses, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Sofas are perpetually on sales that Must End Soon, political candidates must be personally vetted by Leader, the Father of the House has been in office just shy of a fortnight, and park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Empire of blood and iron's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Empire of blood and iron is ranked 213,214^th in the world and 2^nd in WhenItsDone for Most Primitive, scoring -81.89 on the Scary Big Number Scale.