The Sovereign Dominion of Eridal is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Xylos Eshka Ka'ra with an iron fist, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, compulsory vegetarianism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.253 billion Eridans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kar Ahn. The average income tax rate is 85.1%.

The Eridanian economy, worth 87.8 trillion Ruuns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 70,085 Ruuns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Super Barry Brothers is the most popular video game in the nation, family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, winceyette robes are a popular Violetine's Day gift, and all writing must pass a censorship board before being allowed on the shelves. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eridal's national animal is the Onyx-ringed Serpent, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is K'thara.

Eridal is ranked 61,829^th in the world and 3,272^nd in Balder for Nicest Citizens, with 16.66 average smiles per day.