The Plurinational Republic of Imperial Eden is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by James with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 16.218 billion Edens 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jamastai. The average income tax rate is 98.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Eden economy, worth a remarkable 3,009 trillion Ors a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 185,593 Ors, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is believed that belligerence is a passing phase foreign leaders will soon outgrow, prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, folk are absolutely certain that you can never be absolutely certain, and the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Imperial Eden's national animal is the Eywi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Imperial Eden is ranked 2,370^th in the world and 2^nd in United Nations for Lowest Crime Rates, with 138.39 law-abiding acts per hour.