The Most Serene Republic of East Islaragica is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.245 billion East Islaragicans are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of vjeverica. The average income tax rate is 79.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The East Islaragican economy, worth 171 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 52,874 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

State officials tend to disappear after they forget to salute Leader's portrait, trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy, military officials are questioning the policy of ceding the nation's territory in exchange for promises not to invade it, and refugees from other nations are flocking to East Islaragica's border. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Islaragica's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

East Islaragica is ranked 142,460^th in the world and 2,057^th in the West Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 10.24 flags saluted per person per day.