The Allied States of The Eshurium Empire is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Douglas Lockjaw Jr with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 3.449 billion Eshuriumeans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Hermeton. The average income tax rate is 69.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Eshuriumean economy, worth 487 trillion Eshuriumean Bisonlers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 141,402 Eshuriumean Bisonlers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Public parks are littered with cigarette butts, murderers with law degrees can be seen swinging the gavel in courts, there's never enough space in space, and the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Eshurium Empire's national animal is the Bison, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Hermisim.

The Eshurium Empire is ranked 10,774^th in the world and 3^rd in Kerbals of the North for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 55.21 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.