The Free Land of Erkinya is a mid-sized, cultured nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, barren, inhospitable landscape, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 56 million Erkinyans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.6%.

The powerhouse Erkinyan economy, worth 4.01 trillion soms a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 71,527 soms, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 503,571 per year while the poor average 3,442, a ratio of 146 to 1.

Commuters and their desktops both bemoan their hard drives, fraternities are rejoicing at government-subsidized partying, the only place where one can see the Erkinyan cherry tree is in a museum, and children high on sugar can often be seen bouncing off walls. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Erkinya's national animal is the golden eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Erkinya is ranked 1,250^th in the world and 2^nd in World Unity Federation for Highest Drug Use, scoring 400.03 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.