The Kingdom of Ernestria is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by King Ernest VII Soter II with an even hand, and remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The quiet, industrious population of 9.751 billion Ernestrians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bodendorf. The average income tax rate is 37.6%.

The Ernestrian economy, worth 434 trillion Konvertible Marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 44,590 Konvertible Marks, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Photographers can be found hiding behind the curtains in King Ernest VII Soter II's bedroom, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, sections of the police receive paramilitary training, and life-saving resuscitation is denied based on decades-old teenage diaries that declare "I want to die before I get old". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ernestria's national animal is the talbot hound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ernestria is ranked 54,696^th in the world and 16^th in Western Atlantic for Safest, scoring 101.55 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.