The Highway of E40 is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its soft-spoken computers, enslaved workforce, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.603 billion E40ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 71.3%.

The frighteningly efficient E40ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,154 trillion Kms a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 134,238 Kms, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

The government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, young people suspect their parents might be a little bit stupid, photographers can be found hiding behind the curtains in Leader's bedroom, and there's sophisticated talk of revolution within the ever-expanding mining colonies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. E40's national animal is the Truck, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

E40 is ranked 9,067^th in the world and 1^st in Violetia for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 10,754.27 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.