The Empire of The 3rd Choice is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Yusei Fudo with an iron fist, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.2 billion Choicers are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government is primarily concerned with Administration, although Industry, Healthcare, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Domino City. The average income tax rate is 68.1%.

The frighteningly efficient 3rd Choicean economy, worth a remarkable 1,080 trillion florins a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Uranium Mining, Gambling, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 131,757 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

White chocolate is neither chocolate nor food, candidates make campaign speeches at the funerals of former rivals, the seats at the back of the parliament are reserved for indigenous ministers, and a popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street". Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The 3rd Choice's national animal is the Junkuriboh, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The 3rd Choice is ranked 328,545^th in the world and 12^th in The Choices for Safest, scoring 3.86 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.