The Democratic Federation of East Fredonia is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by President Carlsson with a fair hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.671 billion East Fredonians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lumière. The average income tax rate is 88.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient East Fredonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,299 trillion bitcoins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 169,443 bitcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

News headlines usually include p-values, anyone who sneezes at border crossings is turned away, people who stay late at the office often come home to find their own funeral being planned, and Lumière Preparatory School for the Exceedingly Wealthy's basketball team is having a few off-years. Crime is totally unknown. East Fredonia's national animal is the Porg, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

East Fredonia is ranked 180,286^th in the world and 145^th in Social Liberal Union for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 18.81 on the Bus Surprisal Index.