The Commonwealth of Edinston is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Gobán Gordy with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, prohibition of alcohol, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.775 billion Edinstonians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lotningus. The average income tax rate is 45.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Edinstonian economy, worth 116 trillion Edinstonian Centors a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,679 Edinstonian Centors, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The justice of Edinston is considered superior to that of other nations, the easiest method of escaping from prison is to take singing lessons, officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, and community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Edinston's national animal is the Gæðakurinn fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Judaism.

Edinston is ranked 37,478^th in the world and 722^nd in The North Pacific for Most Authoritarian, with 2,151.46 milliStalins.