The Republic of Egros is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Isaiah Pokorny with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.744 billion Egrosians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yrando. The average income tax rate is 97.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Egrosian economy, worth a remarkable 1,220 trillion Coconuts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 139,572 Coconuts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Any secret that gets off someone's chest is promptly replaced, a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, and visiting the best Egrosian restaurants requires keeping a visa on file. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Egros's national animal is the Cat on a Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Egros is ranked 23,987^th in the world and 275^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 7,899.17 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.