The Republic of Edardund is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 5.217 billion Edardundians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 52.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Edardundian economy, worth 46.5 trillion deniers 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 a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. 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 8,917 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Edardund's national animal is the cow.

Edardund is ranked 262,670^th in the world and 8,045^th in Suspicious for Highest Food Quality, scoring 7.12 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.