The People's Republic of East Palm Islands is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, free-roaming dinosaurs, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic population of 392 million East Palm Islandsians 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 large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central Island City. The average income tax rate is 57.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong East Palm Islandsian economy, worth 28.1 trillion PalmCoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Tourism. Average income is 71,688 PalmCoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Clergy who start talking about politics are forced to take a holy vow of silence, the nation's politicians are known more for the internet memes they spawn than any of their accomplishments, the words 'private' and 'enterprise' must never appear in the same sentence, and betting pennies on games of Go Fish is considered deviant. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Palm Islands's national animal is the Kemp's Ridlie Turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

East Palm Islands is ranked 40,304^th in the world and 213^th in Herta Space Station for Highest Food Quality, scoring 40.72 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.