The Infection of Edgemaster is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Haruhi Suzumiya with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 42.683 billion Burst Linkians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry is also considered important, while Environment and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seireitei. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Burst Linkian economy, worth an astonishing 34,787 trillion Gils a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is a breathtaking 815,016 Gils, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,936,692 per year while the poor average 161,741, a ratio of 18.2 to 1.

Private digital records now come with a convenient "download" button, in coastal waters there are fifteen salvage divers per dead man's chest (yo ho ho), injured workers are encouraged to 'stitch themselves up with their bootstraps', and students are explicitly allowed to write answers on their forearms before exams. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Edgemaster's national animal is the Hollow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Haruhiism.

Edgemaster is ranked 70^th in the world and 1^st in Capitalist Paradise for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 40,440.36 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.