The Third Empire of Eritria is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister Panagiotis Palaiologos with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, avant-garde cinema, and public floggings. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 8.279 billion Eritrians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neae Athenae. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Eritrian economy, worth a remarkable 2,007 trillion Drachmas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 242,539 Drachmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days', Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, the government subsidizes those who produce the worst results, and high school bands practice by moonlight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eritria's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Eritria is ranked 316,447^th in the world and 4,129^th in the South Pacific for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -52 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.