The Infection of Edgemaster is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Haruhi Suzumiya with an iron fist, and renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, free-roaming dinosaurs, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 39.956 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, 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 32,973 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 825,250 Gils, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

A shocking number of estate planners are beneficiaries of their clients' wills, citizens sell their moldy bread as homemade penicillin, one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, and the country is littered with broken homes. 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 9^th in the world and 1^st in Capitalist Paradise for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 1,866.57 on the Bus Surprisal Index.