The Federation of Etherion Circadia is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, public floggings, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 293 million Circadians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Etherion Forch. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.4%.

The powerhouse Circadian economy, worth 25.1 trillion Cores a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Average income is 85,672 Cores, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 255,871 per year while the poor average 22,448, a ratio of 11.4 to 1.

Children who believe in the tooth fairy are frequently shipped off to Bigtopia, Big Brother is still watching even when your big brother is dead, investigative journalism into politicians' misbehaviour has abruptly ended, and the government has returned all business to private ownership. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Etherion Circadia's national animal is the Butterfly.

Etherion Circadia is ranked 49,182^nd in the world and 1,156^th in The North Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 27.87 flags saluted per person per day.