The Republic of Red Eminence is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 16.475 billion Red Eminenceans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 33.0%.

The strong Red Eminencean economy, worth 917 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,720 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card, deceased politicians' MyFace profiles are unanimously pro-incumbent, party leaders rely on horoscopes to create "ticket balance", and every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Red Eminence's national animal is the Death's-head Hawkmoth, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Red Eminence is ranked 158,659^th in the world and 1^st in Brest for Lowest Crime Rates, with 60.27 law-abiding acts per hour.