The Empire of The 8th Choice is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Yudias Velgear with an even hand, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, feral children, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.131 billion Choicers are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed, including voting. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government prioritizes Administration, although Industry, Defense, and Law & Order are also considered important, while International Aid and Education aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mutsuba Town. The average income tax rate is 66.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient 8th Choicean economy, worth a remarkable 1,090 trillion baht a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Gambling, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 134,158 baht, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Laughter while watching foreign diplomats disrobe tends to make diplomatic talks counterproductive, one little fight can find you movin' to be the fresh prince of Ilba, bombs make good ploughs, and police drones follow every suspected Peeping Tom. Crime is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The 8th Choice's national animal is the Ankuriboh, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The 8th Choice is ranked 47,879^th in the world and 5^th in The Choices for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,021.66 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.