The Democratic States of Ebenia is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by the Chief Ambassador with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, ban on automobiles, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 9.907 billion Ebenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of DeLancie. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Ebenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,268 trillion Slades a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 229,017 Slades, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest national park is visited by more sharks than people, advertisers are struggling to make water sound cool to a twitchy public, a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, and therapists can always squeeze in another house-call. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ebenia's national animal is the Anteater, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ebenia is ranked 332,100^th in the world and 828^th in The Leftist Assembly for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 14.92 on the Bus Surprisal Index.