The Principality of Eirkleesm is a mid-sized, orderly nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 69 million Eirkleesmians 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 medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 39.9%.

The Eirkleesmian economy, worth 3.57 trillion Lumes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 51,774 Lumes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

A government program is underway to revitalize Eirkleesm's beaches, citizens may now wear shoes while watching television as long as the television is outside and the shoes are rental, Leader's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition, and euthanasia is legal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eirkleesm's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Eirkleesm is ranked 225,032^nd in the world and 468^th in Horizon for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 31,116.68 Standard Monetary Units.