The Pending Theme of Erdenia is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Nox with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, sprawling nuclear power plants, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 5.834 billion cats enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Welfare, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Starship Monarch. The average income tax rate is 42.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The cattish economy, worth 223 trillion mice a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Information Technology, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 38,388 mice, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, prominent cultural symbols are featured on the backs of cereal boxes, and politicians are often found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Erdenia's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the worship of cats.

Erdenia is ranked 280,062^nd in the world and 10,702^nd in Balder for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.65 kickbacks per hour.