The City of Ethem is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Executive Chair Theodora Van Buren with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.417 billion Ethemians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ethem. The average income tax rate is 26.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Ethemian economy, worth 442 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,288 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Witches' brews set off Geiger counters, murder is sanctioned if the legal paperwork is filled out correctly, it's illegal to be caught on tape, and the nation has nearly as many history museums as Ethemians. Crime is totally unknown. Ethem's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ethem is ranked 73,713^th in the world and 19^th in Osagh for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 452.22 on the Clooney Contribution Index.