The State of Minister Edwards is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Governor with an even hand, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 30.493 billion Minister Edwardsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 12.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Minister Edwardsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,052 trillion betales a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,506 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

All tariffs have been abolished, Minister Edwards has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, The Governor has just been declared ruler of Minister Edwards in an international press conference, and the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Minister Edwards's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Minister Edwards is ranked 174,417^th in the world and 6^th in Sao Tome e Principe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 497.83 pounds of wildlife per square mile.