The Republic of Earnestly is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Noah Guy with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and national health service. The compassionate, devout population of 2.631 billion Earnestlyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Honest-Heart. The average income tax rate is 91.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Earnestlyian economy, worth 215 trillion Truths a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 82,014 Truths, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave, evasive politicians don't fail to strongly commit to not committing to a course of non-inaction, TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews, and old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Earnestly's national animal is the Sphynx, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Earnestly is ranked 232,237^th in the world and 2^nd in The Realms of Light for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -4.43 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.