The Empire of Ernie Ball is a mammoth, orderly nation, renowned for its burgeoning eagle population. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 9.846 billion Ernie Ballians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 30.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Ernie Ballian economy, worth 288 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 29,337 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elected officials often serve for decades in a single term, the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and married couples must call each other "darling" or risk a fine. Crime is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ernie Ball's national animal is the eagle.

Ernie Ball is ranked 201,772^nd in the world and 2^nd in Travelling Wilburys for Highest Poor Incomes, with 20,872.28 Standard Monetary Units.