The Principality of Eirkleesm is a small, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 32 million Eirkleesmians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 44.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Eirkleesmian economy, worth 1.50 trillion Lumes a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,961 Lumes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A crusade against barbaric religious practices has begun, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, the general public only knows their favorite politician's first name, and all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eirkleesm's national animal is the Fox.

Eirkleesm is ranked 122,874^th in the world and 523^rd in Horizon for Nicest Citizens, with 13.62 average smiles per day.