The Democratic States of Greater Etherial is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Thomas Carter with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 4.081 billion Greater Etherialians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aetherialis. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Greater Etherialian economy, worth 632 trillion Ethers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 154,983 Ethers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There is something rotten in the state of Greater Etherial, the nation has an international reputation for compassion, souvenir shops that sell alphorns are taking advantage of gullible tourists, and sailors spend their shore leave helping old ladies cross the street. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Etherial's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Protestantism.

Greater Etherial is ranked 285,063^rd in the world and 726^th in 10000 Islands for Most Primitive, scoring -438.78 on the Scary Big Number Scale.