The Confederacy of Eastern Cous Empria is a huge, safe nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 288 million Eastern Cous Emprians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eledyn. The average income tax rate is 69.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Eastern Cous Emprian economy, worth 17.9 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is 62,232 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Glamping Eastern Cous Emprians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi, the national security service are a bunch of crooks, the new foreign policy is "why bother invading neighbours when they can be bought wholesale?", and only adults may purchase violent video games. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Eastern Cous Empria's national animal is the Eel, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Eastern Cous Empria is ranked 30,934^th in the world and 1,486^th in The North Pacific for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 69.35 Effective Tax Rate.