The Free Land of Etereass is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its public floggings, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 530 million Menaces are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 53.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Menace economy, worth 42.5 trillion Spits a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 80,266 Spits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, and prodigal children celebrate as charitable bequests plummet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Etereass's national animal is the Baboon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Etereass is ranked 34,064^th in the world and 21^st in Estalcia for Smartest Citizens, with 53.02 quips per hour.