The Matriarchy of Ethorie is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its national health service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 479 million Ethorians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Welfare, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Defense isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eloi. The average income tax rate is 77.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ethorian economy, worth 40.1 trillion bitcoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Average income is 83,673 bitcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Resident physicians are said to have a silver scalpel in their hands, children have nightmares about the eerie red glow and constant whirring of newly-installed machines, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, and parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ethorie's national animal is the jellyfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ethorie is ranked 305,982^nd in the world and 199^th in Refugia for Largest Black Market, with 11.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.