The Unified Republic of Eticia is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Symon Lovell with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.413 billion Eticians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Molthier. The average income tax rate is 91.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Etician economy, worth 991 trillion Etician Lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 154,594 Etician Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The monarchy goes down the drain with a royal flush, museum visitors often bring lemons and black lights, bad punctuation has come to a full stop, and travelers praise airports for their endless beige corridors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eticia's national animal is the Typhorian Lamb, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Creed of Spectrum.

Eticia is ranked 9,704^th in the world and 180^th in the West Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 32.15 average smiles per day.