The Republic of Ehrenfest is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its national health service, vat-grown people, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 481 million Ehrenfestians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 53.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Ehrenfestian economy, worth 46.4 trillion Dinars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 96,508 Dinars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Anyone who so much as frowns risks being referred to a mental health unit, schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention, doctors who mutter "Oh my God" often lose their medical license, and the nation's weary schoolchildren excel at sport but must count scores on their fingers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ehrenfest's national animal is the Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ehrenfest is ranked 152,691^st in the world and 197^th in Wintreath for Highest Economic Output, with 46.4 trillion Standard Monetary Units.