The Confederacy of Edgetown is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Jeremy Jacobs with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, parental licensing program, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 4.358 billion Edgetownians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry and Administration are also considered important, while Environment and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of EdgeCity. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Edgetownian economy, worth 881 trillion Dennies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an amazing 202,242 Dennies, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,610,719 per year while the poor average 6,037, a ratio of 266 to 1.

Lottery winners spend most of their money on security, children aren't allowed to chew their pencils until they get home from school, high school career advisors advise belligerent loners to consider vigilantism, and guns don't kill people — heroes do. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Edgetown's national animal is the Bird, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Edgeism.

Edgetown is ranked 292,342^nd in the world and 167^th in Africa for Lowest Crime Rates, with 7.58 law-abiding acts per hour.