The Free Land of Earwen is a mammoth, efficient nation, renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 9.134 billion Earwenians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 22.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Earwenian economy, worth 832 trillion Randoms a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 91,138 Randoms, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Sermons are regularly interrupted by businessmen taking phone calls, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, and government employees have reverted to carrier pigeon due to never-ending virus scans. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Earwen's national animal is the Random.

Earwen is ranked 54,964^th in the world and 1^st in Valandor for Most Developed, scoring 76.32 on the Human Development Index.