The United Federal Commonwealth of Ethensia is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Antonio Galvez with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, smutty television, and national health service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 9.025 billion Ethensians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carlton Capitol. The average income tax rate is 78.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ethensian economy, worth a remarkable 1,451 trillion Ethensian Commonwealth Dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 160,785 Ethensian Commonwealth Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Cults that offer eternal life after death to those who follow a self-sacrificing saviour are frowned upon, earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, retirees make up the bulk of foreign students, and the airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines. Crime is totally unknown. Ethensia's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ethensia is ranked 125,499^th in the world and 5^th in Ethensia for Highest Drug Use, scoring 126.56 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.