The Augustanate of Ectique is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Eriza Mezezi with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, free-roaming dinosaurs, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.329 billion Ethernians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Education, with Industry, Healthcare, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stokham. The average income tax rate is 73.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ethernian economy, worth a remarkable 1,140 trillion Zins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 180,223 Zins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, blind dates tend to result in bruised shins, and police officers often conceal their identities to safeguard against public complaints. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ectique's national animal is the Mecojz, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ectique is ranked 76,160^th in the world and 3,753^rd in Balder for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 47,398.82 Standard Monetary Units.