The Matriarchy of Ethorie is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 403 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eloi. The average income tax rate is 74.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Ethorian economy, worth 30.9 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 and Basket Weaving. Average income is 76,692 bitcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diplomats miss flights while wandering Eloi Airport's endless art maze, political scientists despair as the national mascot election eclipses all others in voter enthusiasm, libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, and would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here". Crime 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 228,324^th in the world and 127^th in Refugia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.59 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.