The Empire of Edresty is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Her Excellency Selenya Vale with an even hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 1.301 billion Edrestyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capra. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Edrestyian economy, worth 198 trillion golds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 152,647 golds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only adults may purchase violent video games, the hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape, politicians spend more time in courtrooms than in Parliament, and libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Edresty's national animal is the goat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Edresty is ranked 18,406^th in the world and 150^th in Europeia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 322.92 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.