The Infection of Edgemaster is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Haruhi Suzumiya with an iron fist, and notable for its flagrant waste-dumping, aversion to nipples, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 36.932 billion Burst Linkians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry also on the agenda, while Environment and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seireitei. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Burst Linkian economy, worth an astonishing 30,137 trillion Gils a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is a breathtaking 816,028 Gils, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,628,074 per year while the poor average 41,951, a ratio of 134 to 1.

Advertisers scramble to sponsor the broadcast of Haruhi Suzumiya's most personal functions, the most commonly-worn shoes are concrete ones, children must be board certified to append "Jr" to their name, and wait staff claim to like it when odorous customers flirt with them. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Edgemaster's national animal is the Hollow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Haruhiism.

Edgemaster is ranked 17^th in the world and 2^nd in Capitalist Paradise for Highest Crime Rates, with 304.51 crimes per hour.