The Polystate of Aeternitatia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Mr Herald with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 13.745 billion Aeternitatians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Idras. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 56.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Aeternitatian economy, worth a remarkable 1,850 trillion Favents a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 134,643 Favents, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 447,401 per year while the poor average 30,218, a ratio of 14.8 to 1.

Deceased politicians spam the public with thousands of AI-generated voicemails, tabloids publicly shun nurses for not calling home on the weekends, the freedom to be free is always just out of reach, and vehicular manslaughter is apparently a victimless crime. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Aeternitatia's national animal is the Flying Whale, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Aeternitatia is ranked 284,350^th in the world and 1^st in Fabul for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.58 kickbacks per hour.