The Free Land of Eileen is a massive, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.765 billion Eileenians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.2%.

The Eileenian economy, worth 273 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 72,559 francs, with the richest citizens earning 6.9 times as much as the poorest.

Dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, dreams of entering the Super League have been relegated to the history books, aggravated apostrophe abusers are admonished and assaulted, and Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Eileen's national animal is the unicorn, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Eileen is ranked 160,802^nd in the world and 80^th in Serenity for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 474.92 on the Gilded Widget Scale.