The Commonwealth of Equitaine is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.461 billion Equitaineans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 70.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Equitainean economy, worth 14.0 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 9,614 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across Equitaine, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, the nation is completely gun-free, and the death penalty has been reintroduced. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Equitaine's national animal is the Honeybee, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Equitaine is ranked 222,498^th in the world and 5^th in Voreia Aravia for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 767.9 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.