The Universal Republic of Edgelandia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Ned Edgewalker with an iron fist, and renowned for its smutty television, complete lack of prisons, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 21.336 billion Edgelandians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westbrook. The average income tax rate is 99.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Edgelandian economy, worth a remarkable 4,518 trillion Edgebucks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 211,767 Edgebucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, soldiers must key in their passwords every time they want to reload their weapons, Brancaland has gifted over nine thousand putrid moose carcasses to Edgelandia as a reminder of their "special relationship", and the nation has declared its intention to "stretch out". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Edgelandia's national animal is the Grey Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State-Mandated Atheism.

Edgelandia is ranked 197,241^st in the world and 14^th in The Meme Must Go On for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -1.77 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.