The Alliance of Ethierys is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Admiral Marahiel with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 2.829 billion Ethierysians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Limsa Lominsa. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ethierysian economy, worth 258 trillion Gils a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,550 Gils, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Heart attack victims are thrown onto the rails, only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, and teenagers haven't been seen outdoors since the nation reconnected to the Internet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ethierys's national animal is the Starbird, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Twelve.

Ethierys is ranked 26,390^th in the world and 164^th in Refugia for Safest, scoring 110.88 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.