The Free Land of Fivia Ethippen is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, lack of airports, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 7.151 billion Fivia Ethippenians 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 minute, corrupt, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Fivia Ethippenian economy, worth a remarkable 1,736 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Retail, Soda Sales, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 242,787 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The public health bureaucracy is wrapped in miles of red tape, the ego of former emperors tend to match their stature, the government is a proud sponsor of the National Gaming Association, and local officials love to claim the protection of their Big Brother. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Fivia Ethippen's national animal is the crocodile, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Fivia Ethippen is ranked 300,802^nd in the world and 14,199^th in Balder for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -48.26 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.