The Federation of Ecalpa is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the chancellor with a fair hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, sprawling nuclear power plants, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 40.066 billion Ecalpans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny, outspoken government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order and Education also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Siloportema. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Ecalpan economy, worth a remarkable 9,757 trillion kobans a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 243,535 kobans, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 769,726 per year while the poor average 58,830, a ratio of 13.1 to 1.

All you have to do is pray to get into Ecalpa, octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it, it turns out that money can buy you happiness, and rumor has it that the chancellor has won three lotteries in a row. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Ecalpa's national animal is the timber wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Black Guelph.

Ecalpa is ranked 289,459^th in the world and 436^th in The League for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -16.99 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.