The Wholly Democratic States of Broken Edge is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Amabil Cătălina Botazatu with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 10.11 billion Broken Edgeans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zaknir. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Broken Edgean economy, worth 812 trillion Bogatieris a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 80,399 Bogatieris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation has an international reputation for compassion, all citizens must pass a 'multicultural sensitivity test' to be deemed fit for society, businesses that prove successful are immediately broken up, and a government program is underway to revitalize Broken Edge's beaches. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Broken Edge's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Broken Edge is ranked 275,786^th in the world and 12^th in Oatland for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 7,396.71 Standard Monetary Units.