The Republic of Edelvveiss is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Sherlock Drang with a fair hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion, suspicion of poets, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.76 billion Edelvveissers are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pevenelleberg. The average income tax rate is 67.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Edelvveissian economy, worth 61.6 trillion Svvacts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 22,303 Svvacts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Residents of newly dried out bays live in fear of leaky dikes, almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, the ruling party has a devil of a time keeping order in the ranks, and Coco the Clown has been elected to the nation's parliament. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Edelvveiss's national animal is the Edelvveisstisch Moorland Rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Edelvveiss is ranked 13,992^nd in the world and 3^rd in Kyodeia for Highest Poor Incomes, with 19,598.53 Standard Monetary Units.