The Knights of The Eastern Calculus is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its compulsory military service and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working population of 14.516 billion knights enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.8%.

The strong wired economy, worth 603 trillion bit coins a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Cheese Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 41,605 bit coins, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 268,147 per year while the poor average 2,608, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Elections have been outlawed, all gamers have been drafted into the military despite their lack of upper body strength, the government's religious works are headed by a New Age guru, and a government program is underway to revitalize The Eastern Calculus's beaches. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Eastern Calculus's national animal is the owl, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

The Eastern Calculus is ranked 258,304^th in the world and 3^rd in Akihabara for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring -4.47 on the Gilded Widget Scale.