The Commonwealth of East Candoa is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 213 million East Candoans 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 medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 24.4%.

The strong East Candoan economy, worth 10.5 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is 49,290 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, builders across East Candoa are blocked up with orders for new public loos, and it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Candoa's national animal is the dove.

East Candoa is ranked 161,004^th in the world and 1^st in The League of Free Peoples for Lowest Crime Rates, with 60.06 law-abiding acts per hour.