The Colony of Ethnon Whirlwind is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 5.046 billion Ethnonians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 67.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Ethnon Whirlwindian economy, worth 452 trillion Credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 89,709 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

A milk bath costs more than bathing in money, a recent political speech drew the ire of nerds everywhere after the speaker claimed that Darth Vader was Harry Potter's father, inheritance tax has recently been abolished, and unshaven men are viewed with suspicion in courts of law. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ethnon Whirlwind's national animal is the Bee, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Ethnon Whirlwind is ranked 102,277^th in the world and 3,426^th in Osiris for Largest Populations, with 5.05 billion capita.