The Republic of Erdom is a very large, socially progressive nation, notable for its burgeoning Honeybee population. The compassionate, democratic population of 220 million Erdomians 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 relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 14.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Erdomian economy, worth 10.2 trillion Carmatic Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,199 Carmatic Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's reputation for treachery has left it sidelined on the international stage, biology and religious education classes have recently been merged, administrative districts are increasingly defined by their taste in housing architecture, and works of historical fiction contain a surprising lack of historical figures. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Erdom's national animal is the Honeybee, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Erdom is ranked 8,783^rd in the world and 1^st in Goninan for Least Corrupt Governments, with 94.49 percentage of bribes refused.