The Crown Republic of Erycina is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Mrs Dawson with an even hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 10.892 billion Erycinans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westhold. The average income tax rate is 70.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Erycinan economy, worth a remarkable 2,015 trillion Ercoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 185,014 Ercoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, only vaccinated citizens may have free healthcare, youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights, and officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Erycina's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Erycina is ranked 10,060^th in the world and 24^th in The Union of Democratic States for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 406.59 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.