The People's United Provinces of Ecotoria is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Donald Bishop with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.531 billion Ecotorians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ecotora. The average income tax rate is 90.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ecotorian economy, worth a remarkable 1,557 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 147,907 Ecotorian Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Travel bureaus double as recruiting centers for national intelligence agencies, President Donald Bishop lives life on the open road - complete with groupies, medical staff can legally quiet people who ask for a second helping of Salisbury steak, and the nation's diplomats shake hands with those whose hands are drenched in the blood of innocents. 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 10,018^th in the world and 289^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 11,159.19 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.