The United Federal Commonwealth of Ethensia is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Antonio Galvez with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 8.729 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 77.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ethensian economy, worth a remarkable 1,404 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 160,872 Ethensian Commonwealth Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Children must be board certified to append "Jr" to their name, the government subsidizes those who produce the worst results, dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming, and dubiously qualified Skandilundian barristers keep referring to laws as 'government guidelines'. Crime is totally unknown. Ethensia's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ethensia is ranked 13,356^th in the world and 1^st in Ethensia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 374.61 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.