The Federal Republic of Ehrter is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Council of Stoned Raccoons with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.474 billion Ehrterians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maradona. The average income tax rate is 35.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Ehrterian economy, worth 256 trillion Rhias a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 73,769 Rhias, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Serial killers who are released early distribute death but not their seed, pledging just four hours of spare time to police work earns a named credit on the government's official website, the blind lead the blind in social welfare, and everyone hates people who encourage hate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ehrter's national animal is the Wendigo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ehrter is ranked 184,100^th in the world and 107^th in Wintreath for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 6,609.25 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.