The Praesens Imperio Glorioso of EctoVoid is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Ishaen II with an even hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, free-roaming dinosaurs, and frequent executions. The compassionate, humorless population of 1.473 billion Praesentians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Praesentis Void. The average income tax rate is 82.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Voidan economy, worth 172 trillion Ectoes 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, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 116,981 Ectoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kindergartners love the free balloons that their schools give them, frat-house partying has become the national pastime, the latest guided missile cruiser "Ship-1642" has received precisely zero column inches in the press, and the only places to see Plasmas now are at local zoos. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. EctoVoid's national animal is the Plasma, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Praesensmentism.

EctoVoid is ranked 313,558^th in the world and 698^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring -11.4 on the Hickory Productivity Index.