The Republic of Erando is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President Garg with a fair hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, pith helmet sales, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.696 billion Erandoans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haloni. The average income tax rate is 68.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Erandoan economy, worth 228 trillion Calloes a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 134,897 Calloes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government regularly reassures citizens that there are no monsters under their beds, the latest national park is visited by more sharks than people, President Garg's relatives have been married into the royal families of foreign nations against their will, and artificial intelligences seeking exciting work are overcome with ennui. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Erando's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Dianity.

Erando is ranked 10,885^th in the world and 1^st in Atropia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 410.51 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.