The United Socialist States of Eireip is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Jimothy Bimothy with a fair hand, and renowned for its lack of airports, soft-spoken computers, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.166 billion Eireipians 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 enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bridger. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Eireipian economy, worth 141 trillion Galactic Standard Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 121,023 Galactic Standard Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary, shady doctors seem to have impeccable records, the sound of wooden legs echo throughout Eireip after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, and there's some really clean windows in Eireipian houses. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eireip's national animal is the Doug the Pancake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Eireip is ranked 45,592^nd in the world and 105^th in Refugia for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,376.68 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.