The People's United Provinces of Ecotoria is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Donald Bishop with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, ban on automobiles, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.597 billion Ecotorians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ecotora. The average income tax rate is 93.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Ecotorian economy, worth 879 trillion Ecotorian Pounds 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 133,332 Ecotorian Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, authorities are looking for a stool pigeon to rat out who is stealing food from pigeon toilets, tradesmen will knock 10% off their fees if customers pay cash, and the new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ecotoria's national animal is the Ecotorian Snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is None.

Ecotoria is ranked 173,050^th in the world and 1,102^nd in The Communist Bloc for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 152.66 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.