The Kingdom of Etorsia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by King James IV with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 9.041 billion Etorsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nickle City. The average income tax rate is 88.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Etorsian economy, worth 678 trillion Wilds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 75,065 Wilds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, money grows on trees, funerals are often rudely interrupted by juggling clowns shouting for volunteers from the audience, and the government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Etorsia's national animal is the Etorsian Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Etorsia is ranked 51,115^th in the world and 48^th in Gay for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,844.69 on the Gilded Widget Scale.