The Free Land of Ereka is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 221 million Erekans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 45.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Erekan economy, worth 9.28 trillion Freemarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 42,005 Freemarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation sends criminals home to think about what they did, older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road, boats straying just metres away from the shore will raise the ire of the Coast Guard, and citizens must have a license to operate a computer. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ereka's national animal is the Kobold, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ereka is ranked 255,703^rd in the world and 68^th in Violetia for Most Patriotic, with 1.54 flags saluted per person per day.