The Empire of Ecoul is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Antolin with a fair hand, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, public floggings, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.124 billion Ecoulians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 56.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Ecoulian economy, worth 102 trillion Ecos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,848 Ecos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators, 100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, parents who reward their teens' chores with concert tickets are charged with illegal reselling, and families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ecoul's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity and Islam.

Ecoul is ranked 29,783^rd in the world and 51^st in The Kodiak Republic for Most Accessible, scoring 434.96 on the Keller-Reeve Index.