The Most Serene Republic of East Endia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 673 million East Endians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Solarien. The average income tax rate is 87.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient East Endian economy, worth 71.2 trillion standards a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 105,817 standards, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside, the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb, and extreme political groups are outlawed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Endia's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

East Endia is ranked 27,060^th in the world and 525^th in the South Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,038.29 on the Gilded Widget Scale.