The State of Keats Eastbourne is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 38.675 billion Keats Eastbourneans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The minute government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 7.2%.

The very strong Keats Eastbournean economy, worth a remarkable 1,812 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Retail, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 46,859 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

The Governor has just been declared ruler of Keats Eastbourne in an international press conference, the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, and the government raises tariffs on a weekly basis. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem. Keats Eastbourne's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Keats Eastbourne is ranked 249,853^rd in the world and 391^st in Ancient Lands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 52 law-abiding acts per hour.