The Free Land of Eidanger is a huge, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 429 million Eidangerians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 58.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Eidangerian economy, worth 6.48 trillion kroner 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Pizza Delivery, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. 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 15,114 kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eidanger's national animal is the reinsdyr, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Eidanger is ranked 172,764^th in the world and 186^th in Empire of Love for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 384.11 on the Gilded Widget Scale.