The Republic of Port Ember is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Edward Flint with an even hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, strictly enforced bedtime, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 13.45 billion Port Emberians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Ember Megalopolis. The average income tax rate is 39.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Port Emberian economy, worth a remarkable 6,625 trillion Aurums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 492,637 Aurums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Port Ember Megalopolis to enjoy their national art, and heavily subsidised Port Emberian baskets litter the streets of Northern Ocean. Crime is totally unknown. Port Ember's national animal is the Komodo Dragon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Waukeenism.

Port Ember is ranked 42,260^th in the world and 2^nd in Northern Ocean for Lowest Crime Rates, with 76.76 law-abiding acts per hour.