The Democratic Republic of Erodian is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by the Mörd'Ushdakruul with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.025 billion Subjects of the Mörd'Ushdakruul are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — prioritizes Law & Order, although Spirituality, Defense, and Welfare are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 86.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Erodianis economy, worth 45.8 trillion State-Distributed Consumer Cards a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Trout Farming industry. Average income is 5,074 State-Distributed Consumer Cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All fantasy fiction has officially been deemed non-canon, animal control is going door-to-door releasing all pets back into the wild, one-word headlines are the norm in Erodianis newspapers, and astronomers are flocking to Erodian to take advantage of its clear night skies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Erodian's national animal is the human, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Erodian is ranked 28,392^nd in the world and 3^rd in Meihua for Most Beautiful Environments, with 856.2 pounds of wildlife per square mile.