The Sovereign Dominion of Eridal is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Xylos Eshka Ka'ra with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, compulsory vegetarianism, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.193 billion Eridans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kar Ahn. The average income tax rate is 85.4%.

The Eridanian economy, worth 77.9 trillion Ruuns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 65,295 Ruuns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Dozens of viewers tune in weekly to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", and the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eridal's national animal is the Onyx-ringed Serpent, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is K'thara.

Eridal is ranked 19,202^nd in the world and 1,164^th in Balder for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,423.19 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.