The Kingdom of Eriador is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by King Eldarion with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 8.893 billion Eriadorians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Annúminas. The average income tax rate is 13.4%.

The Eriadorian economy, worth 469 trillion castars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 52,820 castars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Eru-worship has been named as Eriador's national religion, convicts released after being found "wrongfully imprisoned" are surprisingly chill about the whole thing, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, and students do more community service than homework. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Eriador's national animal is the hobbit, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Eru-worship.

Eriador is ranked 30,972^nd in the world and 12^th in Zombie Research Institute for Nicest Citizens, with 19.85 average smiles per day.