The United Federal Commonwealth of Ethensia is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Antonio Galvez with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 8.76 billion Ethensians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carlton Capitol. The average income tax rate is 77.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ethensian economy, worth a remarkable 1,411 trillion Ethensian Commonwealth Dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 161,097 Ethensian Commonwealth Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Dubiously qualified Skandilundian barristers keep referring to laws as 'government guidelines', the nation has always been at war with Bigtopia, citizens recently voted in favour of declaring bubblewrap an 'abomination of nature', and when shaking hands with foreign leaders Antonio Galvez wears an armoured gauntlet. Crime is totally unknown. Ethensia's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ethensia is ranked 142,466^th in the world and 3^rd in Ethensia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,199.37 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.