The Empire of The Eternal Drift is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its public floggings, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 323 million Driftians 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.9%.

The all-consuming Eternal Driftian economy, worth 30.5 trillion Credits a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 94,495 Credits, with the richest citizens earning 7.2 times as much as the poorest.

Drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls, mining is the nation's most dangerous occupation, and minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Eternal Drift's national animal is the Serpent, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Eternal Drift is ranked 58,961^st in the world and 44^th in Hell for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.01 law-abiding acts per hour.