The Republic of Etnon is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Peigi Åland with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, hatred of cheese, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.873 billion Etnonians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Santana. The average income tax rate is 96.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Etnonian economy, worth 759 trillion Euros a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 96,431 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A vast monorail network carries people all over the country, the national anthem is a rather effective sleeping aid, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep, and the government is washing its hands of alleged corruption. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Etnon's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Etnon is ranked 6,236^th in the world and 149^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 93.36 on the Human Development Index.