The Federation of Eobard is a small, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The cynical population of 26 million Eobardians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Eobardian economy, worth 174 billion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Tourism. Average income is 6,729 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, political talk shows often have children as guests whenever they need commentary on world religions, children must be board certified to append "Jr" to their name, and a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eobard's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Eobard is ranked 283,555^th in the world and 1,249^th in Europeia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -13.59 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.