The Blue Cognitive Syndicate of Eden Contour is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by First Cognate with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.354 billion Edari are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sunrise. The average income tax rate is 90.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Edaran economy, worth 565 trillion EDPS 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 168,700 EDPS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Toy versions of heroin paraphernalia let kids pretend to be their favourite TV characters, the police go to great efforts to seize contraband favored by politicians on the police oversight committee, the nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, and replacement organs are grown in vats. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eden Contour's national animal is the dolphin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Eden Contour is ranked 236,097^th in the world and 638^th in Europe for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.24 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.