The Republic of Earfquake is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 431 million Earfquakeans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Administration also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 55.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Earfquakean economy, worth 30.0 trillion Coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,595 Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The Earfquakean Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances, billions of Coins are being blown on orbital weapons development, drill sergeants yell in the ears of bespectacled nerds in cybermilitary "reboot camps", and 13-year-old internet trolls are treated as a threat on par with terrorists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Earfquake's national animal is the Animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Earfquake is ranked 319,994^th in the world and 253^rd in Charleslandia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -11.66 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.