The Democratic States of Ebenia is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by the Chief Ambassador with an even hand, and remarkable for its conspicuous electricity pylons, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 9.843 billion Ebenians 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 Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of DeLancie. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Ebenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,251 trillion Slades a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 228,750 Slades, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's space program is doxxing the planet, family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, and civil servants refuse to enforce government regulations for fear of wider economic impact. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ebenia's national animal is the Anteater, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ebenia is ranked 276,908^th in the world and 350^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Black Market, with 78.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.