The Republic of Ecout is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, enslaved workforce, and vat-grown people. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 6.571 billion Ecoutians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government is dominated by the Department of Industry, although Education, Healthcare, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Ecoutian economy, worth a remarkable 3,647 trillion currencies a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Soda Sales, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Average income is a breathtaking 555,055 currencies, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,973,138 per year while the poor average 7,978, a ratio of 623 to 1.

The state believes that nature-oriented summer camps will somehow solve youth crime, the environment is gorgeous so long as you're looking up, citizens queue to get the reinstated bank notes and coins, and consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed. Crime is totally unknown. Ecout's national animal is the animal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ecout is ranked 65^th in the world and 8^th in Vickenian experiment incubator for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 34,435.35 on the Gilded Widget Scale.