The City-States and Leagues of The Land of the Ephyral is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Panephyrian Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 17.156 billion Ephyrians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haledon. The average income tax rate is 54.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Ephyrian economy, worth a remarkable 4,088 trillion standards a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 238,322 standards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Sleeping on the job is recommended, even secular Ephyrians are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!", hairdressers are among those who have disappeared overnight, and captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Land of the Ephyral's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Ephyrian paganism.

The Land of the Ephyral is ranked 283,790^th in the world and 17^th in The Coalition of Democratic Nations for Most Beautiful Environments, with 4.49 pounds of wildlife per square mile.