The Alliance of Ethierys is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Admiral Marahiel with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 2.871 billion Ethierysians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Limsa Lominsa. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ethierysian economy, worth 257 trillion Gils a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 89,730 Gils, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street", crackheads chase drug-loaded drones in hopes of a lucky drop, military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives, and internet moderator is one of the most popular jobs among the nation's more socially awkward citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ethierys's national animal is the Starbird, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Twelve.

Ethierys is ranked 40,625^th in the world and 34^th in Refugia for Most Patriotic, with 31.96 flags saluted per person per day.