The Republic of Edge Island is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, national health service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 12.291 billion Edge Islandians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 72.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Edge Islandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,810 trillion Dollars 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. 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 147,305 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

Voting for pro-Bigtopian candidates is voluntary, scientific ethics are on the chopping block, men are enrolling into lady etiquette courses, and frightened witnesses and seriously ill jurors wear the same handcuffs as the defendant. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Edge Island's national animal is the Crab, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Edge Island is ranked 247,654^th in the world and 418^th in The grimy backyard of Bigej for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.8 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.