The Occupied State of Ecrest is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Occupation Committee with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.488 billion Ecrestians 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, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hetin. The average income tax rate is 75.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Ecrestian economy, worth 17.5 trillion Croues 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 dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Information Technology. Average income is 11,770 Croues, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes, a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, and careless Maxémon Trainers have been the cause of numerous search and rescue operations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ecrest's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ecrest is ranked 212,844^th in the world and 8,383^rd in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 31.4 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.