The Republic of Erando is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President Garg with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.717 billion Erandoans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haloni. The average income tax rate is 68.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Erandoan economy, worth 231 trillion Calloes a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 135,018 Calloes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages, not all rivers run to the sea, every workday begins with group therapy, and sweet-toothed Erandoans have been left penniless by the VAT on candy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Erando's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Dianity.

Erando is ranked 251,274^th in the world and 4^th in Atropia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.03 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.