The Bardic Lorekeepers of Aethelia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by JEM with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, daily referendums, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 24.557 billion Aethelians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Environment, Healthcare, and Welfare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luna. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Aethelian economy, worth a remarkable 8,033 trillion newtons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 327,152 newtons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lip-readers are often left perplexed by political rallies, young and brooding teens are welcomed with open arms to the Dogwarts School of Strangeness and Sorcery, a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, and tradesmen will knock 10% off their fees if customers pay cash. Crime is totally unknown. Aethelia's national animal is the aurora, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Science.

Aethelia is ranked 13,088^th in the world and 7^th in Middle Earth for Most Valuable International Artwork, with 23.96 Bank.