The Federation of Etherion Circadia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 228 million Circadians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.0%.

The Circadian economy, worth 14.5 trillion Cores a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 63,468 Cores, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 264,277 per year while the poor average 9,964, a ratio of 26.5 to 1.

Fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, the tobacco industry has burnt out, the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, and warfare increasingly resembles a video game. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Etherion Circadia's national animal is the Butterfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Etherion Circadia is ranked 59,433^rd in the world and 1,737^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,699.02 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.