The Republic of Eastoria is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 832 million Eastorians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heidelberg. The average income tax rate is 34.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Eastorian economy, worth 48.3 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,070 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Sports club owners are having a moneyball, sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, Leader has just been declared ruler of Eastoria in an international press conference, and a surprisingly large portion of the national budget is allocated to purchasing MMORPG "Elite Gold Loot Boxes". Crime is relatively low. Eastoria's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Eastoria is ranked 28,358^th in the world and 468^th in Europe for Nicest Citizens, with 19.56 average smiles per day.