The Democratic Republic of Ereidia is a tiny, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 10 million Ereidians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.9%.

The thriving Ereidian economy, worth 776 billion Units a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 77,689 Units, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 256,935 per year while the poor average 17,558, a ratio of 14.6 to 1.

Foreign football clubs wave the Ereidian flag before every game, signs saying "No Poor People or Weirdoes" are common outside shops and cafés, flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug, and Dàguó lanterns outnumber streetlights in major cities. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Ereidia's national animal is the Dog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ereidia is ranked 187,656^th in the world and 558^th in Talonia for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,945.62 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.