The Republic of Ettendales is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its burgeoning hawk population. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 5.301 billion Ettendalesians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government is dominated by the Department of Spirituality, with Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Industry and Environment are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.8%.

The very strong Ettendalesian economy, worth 238 trillion rubledollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 45,073 rubledollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 141,567 per year while the poor average 10,987, a ratio of 12.9 to 1.

Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ettendales's national animal is the hawk.

Ettendales is ranked 282,136^th in the world and 8,556^th in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring -5.48 on the Gilded Widget Scale.