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The Regime of Edwing is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Grand Executor with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, aversion to nipples, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.75 billion Edwingians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eahtol. The average income tax rate is 78.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Edwingian economy, worth 977 trillion rubles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 170,050 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest electric jet fighter has almost enough battery charge to reach cruising altitude -- provided you don't use the radar, metal detectors have been banned after a bottle cap caused a riot at the beach, the government has put a kid glove on the invisible hand of the free market, and the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Edwing's national animal is the manul, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Edwing is ranked 14,684^th in the world and 25^th in Fifth Empire for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 6,225.33 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.