The Goodbye of East Lodge is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Queen Aura with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.055 billion East Lodgeans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Northern Colony. The average income tax rate is 26.5%.

The all-consuming East Lodgean economy, worth 123 trillion Diamond Zalrecs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 116,820 Diamond Zalrecs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Terrorist videos start by thanking their sponsors, pharmaceutical companies emphatically promise that "your pills are in the mail" rather than admit any supply shortfall, anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card, and former school buses now regularly shuttle kids to the nearest shopping centers to work. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Lodge's national animal is the Space Lizard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Auphelism.

East Lodge is ranked 29,628^th in the world and 832^nd in the South Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,057.59 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.