The Republic of East Harkway is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 409 million Harkians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capybara City. The average income tax rate is 75.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped East Harkwayian economy, worth 15.1 trillion harks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,948 harks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income, military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames, light entertainment shows are light on actual entertainment, and airplane passenger seat sizes and ticket prices are both first-class. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Harkway's national animal is the Capybara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

East Harkway is ranked 24,136^th in the world and 323^rd in 10000 Islands for Highest Food Quality, scoring 103.35 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.