The Colony of Ethnon VC10 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, devout population of 5.033 billion Ethnonians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 62.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Ethnon VC10ian economy, worth 448 trillion Credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,117 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The government is lending a hand to private industry, the seventh son of a seventh son is fated to be a millionaire, police and sick people alike fear the Day of Rest as all institutions are forced to shut down, and grim instructresses lead the unwillingly impregnated in chants of "it's all my fault" and "blessed be the fruit". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ethnon VC10's national animal is the Bee, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Ethnon VC10 is ranked 102,431^st in the world and 3,429^th in Osiris for Largest Populations, with 5.03 billion capita.