The Armed Republic of Free Eridan is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Deseven with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 7.474 billion Eridanians 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 Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sciopolis. The average income tax rate is 76.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Eridanian economy, worth 561 trillion euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 75,083 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation', Air Free Eridan is rumored to receive more government funding than the Eridanian Air Force, students learn how to disarm mines before understanding basic arithmetic, and residents of houses built on a foundation of wishful thinking are prone to an odd sinking feeling. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Free Eridan's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Scientific Method.

Free Eridan is ranked 231,410^th in the world and 5,708^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.26 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.