The Confederacy of Etorgestan is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 626 million Etorgestanians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 52.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Etorgestanian economy, worth 23.0 trillion ragsars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,784 ragsars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

It is not politically correct to suspect that a serially convicted burglar might steal again, modern warfare's call of duty isn't popular with gamers these days, there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', and AI chatbots generate grayscale images when asked for a picture of the truth. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Etorgestan's national animal is the emu, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Etorgestan is ranked 181,371^st in the world and 419^th in Starlight for Highest Poor Incomes, with 22,013.28 Standard Monetary Units.