The Commonwealth of Eriksville is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Koning Erik with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, public floggings, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 15.993 billion Eriksvilleans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blankevoort City. The average income tax rate is 79.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Eriksvillean economy, worth a remarkable 2,376 trillion Guilders a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 148,583 Guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast, visiting the best Eriksvillean restaurants requires keeping a visa on file, many in Eriksville are born in the purple, and the Eriksvillean Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas. Crime is totally unknown. Eriksville's national animal is the beagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Eriksville is ranked 35,336^th in the world and 869^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Patriotic, with 34.97 flags saluted per person per day.