The Republic of Ecout is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, rampant corporate plagiarism, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful population of 8.081 billion Ecoutians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government is dominated by the Department of Industry, with Healthcare, Education, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 91.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Ecoutian economy, worth a remarkable 5,133 trillion currencies a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Soda Sales, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Average income is a breathtaking 635,196 currencies, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,394,142 per year while the poor average 62,360, a ratio of 54.4 to 1.

Billions are being spent on a new island airport, kids' party bags often contain candy and e-cigarettes, ironic death by tasering is on the rise amongst door-to-door taser salesmen, and flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug. Crime is totally unknown. Ecout's national animal is the animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ecout is ranked 8,819^th in the world and 27^th in Vickenian experiment incubator for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 11,601.64 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.