The Alliance of Etrual is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Claude Von Riegan with a fair hand, and notable for its conspicuous electricity pylons, otherworldly petting zoo, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.501 billion Etrualians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Derdiu. The average income tax rate is 91.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Etrualian economy, worth 702 trillion gold pieces a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 127,634 gold pieces, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough, it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, city budgets are spent entirely on supporting the town royalty, and turning eighteen is often referred to as the 'Age of Aquarius'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Etrual's national animal is the deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Lavendism.

Etrual is ranked 167,458^th in the world and 7^th in Fodlan for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 340.59 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.