The Republic of Aethergenic is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working population of 1.656 billion Aethergenicians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.9%.

The powerhouse Aethergenician economy, worth 118 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 71,817 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

Tourists soak their luggage in boiling water before unpacking, sermons are regularly interrupted by businessmen taking phone calls, textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, and the government forces Aethergenicians to eat their vegetables. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aethergenic's national animal is the tiger.

Aethergenic is ranked 21,913^th in the world and 5^th in Pluralpedia for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 53.84 on the Kitten Softness Rating.