The Federation of Eastern Eshonis is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 7 million Eastern Eshonisians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 49.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Eastern Eshonisian economy, worth 310 billion Eshonisian rubles a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 44,409 Eshonisian rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Glamping Eastern Eshonisians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi, the internal market is thriving, doctors refer to inner-cities as newbie zones, and 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eastern Eshonis's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Eastern Eshonis is ranked 143,472^nd in the world and 200^th in Edoca for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 2,028.93 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.