The Republic of Portview Echo is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 13.85 billion Echoans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Iberad. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.3%.

The very strong Portview Echoan economy, worth 780 trillion Leks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 56,384 Leks, with the richest citizens earning 8.0 times as much as the poorest.

Portview Echo has designated Iberad as its capital city, consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, and many aides in Leader's office are known to be serial jaywalkers. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Portview Echo's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Portview Echo is ranked 173,062^nd in the world and 7,726^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 59.04 law-abiding acts per hour.