The Republic of Eastern Pardend is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its restrictive gun laws and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working population of 4.165 billion Eastern Pardendians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.8%.

The very strong Eastern Pardendian economy, worth 220 trillion deniers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 52,918 deniers, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 231,386 per year while the poor average 7,634, a ratio of 30.3 to 1.

Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Eastern Pardend's national animal is the giraffe.

Eastern Pardend is ranked 180,282^nd in the world and 1^st in Vavlar but Awesome for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.