The United Federation of Etharlium is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its public floggings, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 557 million Etharliumians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Porto Norte. The average income tax rate is 41.3%.

The very strong Etharliumian economy, worth 42.6 trillion Euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,427 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

A suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to Etharliumian politicians, kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, and criminals tell the police where their jurisdiction ends. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Etharlium's national animal is the Deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Etharlium is ranked 292,751^st in the world and 11^th in The Democratic Assembly for Most Secular, with 8.11 Atheism Rate.