The Eastern Republic of 2nd East Asia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Mr Zhong Hsu with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.457 billion 2nd East Asians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Taipei. The average income tax rate is 27.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong 2nd East Asian economy, worth 116 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 80,271 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

T-shirts displaying a photo of Mr Zhong Hsu performing the Full-Monty are selling out, streakers swamp all public events in order to bare it all, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. 2nd East Asia's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Buddhism.

2nd East Asia is ranked 19,723^rd in the world and 503^rd in The East Pacific for Safest, scoring 114.14 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.