The People's Republic of EASR is a tiny, genial nation, notable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 10 million EASRians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 70.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case EASRian economy, worth 100 billion libers 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 10,003 libers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, books are considered luxuries only available to the incredibly wealthy, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and only the brainiest citizens become academics. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. EASR's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

EASR is ranked 311,633^rd in the world and 1,031^st in Carcassonne for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 402.35 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.