The Wholly Democratic States of Broken Edge is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Amabil Cătălina Botazatu with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 15.471 billion Broken Edgeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zaknir. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Broken Edgean economy, worth a remarkable 1,281 trillion Bogatieris a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 82,809 Bogatieris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A policy of plausible deniability helps protect the government from athletic doping scandals, the seventh son of a seventh son is fated to be a millionaire, employers are keenest on employees who lack family values, and visiting dignitaries often end up cuddling in the hot tub with Amabil Cătălina Botazatu. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Broken Edge's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Broken Edge is ranked 21,604^th in the world and 7^th in Oatland for Smartest Citizens, with 65.98 quips per hour.