The Fading Knowledge of Encyclopedia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Mimir with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, humorless population of 35.919 billion Encyclopedians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bibliographia. The average income tax rate is 8.9%.

The Encyclopedian economy, worth a remarkable 1,766 trillion knowledges a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 49,180 knowledges, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Education and welfare spending are on the rise, the government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists, people are moving into treehouses in record numbers, and students cut up leftover knowledges during Arts and Crafts. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Encyclopedia's national animal is the wisdom, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Encyclopedia is ranked 10,558^th in the world and 1^st in Denmark for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 4,441.4 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.